Hi guys, An unfortunate side effect of our export from SVN to Git is that we've ended up with a rather bloated repository. We've had a large number of binary files in our repo in the past and all of this has been rolled up into a obnoxious ~500 MB pack file. I've been completely unable to clone the repo on my home internet because it constantly times out and it's painfully slow on my faster work connection.
To fix this problem I suggest we do the following: - Remove all binary files from our repo and host them externally. For example, NetCDF files can be downloaded when they're needed and cleaned up afterwards (for tests or examples). - Remove all the bloat from our pack file. I was digging through stuff earlier and found a number of very large and outdated files in our pack file (~300 MB NC file, internal JPL presentations/files from a long time ago, etc.). We should be able to use [1] to help automate this for us, although we can also take care of it on our own if need be. Let me know what you guys think the best course of action is. That being said, dealing with this sooner rather than later would be nice =D [1] https://github.com/cmaitchison/git_diet -- Joyce
