From: Francesco Rugiano To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 8:57 PM Subject: [git-users] Keep local repo small
Hello I have a question and i didn't manage to get an answer. I am in this situation: Remote repository - hosted on bitbucket Local repository on PC1 - managed by Git 1.8.0 (on Windows 7) Local repository on PC2 - managed by Git 1.8.0 (on Windows 7) Committs: (oldest) A->B->C->D->E (newest) I can, from both PCs, committ and/or revert to previous versions of the code. For instance, i can committ something on PC2 (committ F), sync both the pcs and the remote repo (so they all have the F committ) and then, from PC1, revert to committ E. I learnt how to do that. Now, in order to keep the local repositories small, i wanted to remove committs A, B and C. I wanted, however, to keep them on the remote repository, in order to be able to revert to them in the future. Why do you need 'small'? and how small? There are a few different reasons that may affect what you choose. 1. You have big different binary files in each commit - it is good to get rid of these - perhaps set a better gitignore file. 2. You have lots of small partial fixes, such as work in progress (WIP) commits - You should 'squash' the WIP commits using 'rebase -i', once you are satisfied with your branch. This will mean the new commit sequence moves steadily form one working code base to the next in small well explained steps - this is good. 3. You have a lot of steps in you development on big source files and are worried about storage - Don't. Git is very good at it's repository compression, so the 'many steps' will fit in a small space, and you will still have a better history. I mean having a situation like this: Remote repository - committs A->B->C->D->E Local repository on PC1 - committs D->E Local repository on PC2 - committs D->E Then, if PC2 committs something (after all the syncs): Remote repository - committs A->B->C->D->E->F Local repository on PC1 - committs D->E->F Local repository on PC2 - committs D->E->F Can i do this? if yes, how? if not, what are the alternatives? Thank you --
