Ian Lynagh wrote: [snip] > int-e suggested the use of "git gc --aggressive": > > 75136 gitgc > > which, based on the output, I assume is compressed: > Counting objects: 156937, done. > Compressing objects: 100% (156581/156581), done. > Writing objects: 100% (156937/156937), done. > Total 156937 (delta 125025), reused 0 (delta 0)
Indeed. Conceptually, git stores whole file contents for all revisions in blob objects, but git can store multiple objects (blobs, trees, commits, signed tags) in pack files. Within a pack file, objects can be encoded as a reference to another object and a delta. http://metalinguist.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/the-woes-of-git-gc-aggressive-and-how-git-deltas-work/ or http://tinyurl.com/c9zkxv explains some of the consequences in the context of git gc --aggressive. (When suggesting the --aggressive option, I assumed that git-fast-import was used to create the repo.) Bertram _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
