Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2018, 14:03:36 CEST schrieb Martin Vaeth: > Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > The ebuild tree is 600MB with rsync and cannot fit on the partition > > with git. > > > > I'd be happy to switch if the space requirements were similar. > > If one git repacks every few syncs one needs currently about 800 MB. > > With additionally squashfs (zstd) (+ overlayfs) the full > archive size is currently <600 MB. > > In both cases, the temporary disk space is slightly more, of course. > For a 1GB reserved partition I'd use the partition for the temporary > mounting and store the archive somewhere else, but I think chances are > good that you also come through with only a git repack after > every sync. A difficulty might be the very first git sync.
Would it possible to take the bare repo (< 600 MB) and only mount the latest checkout (with fuse eg)? Gerion
