On Monday, 16 February 2015 03:21:20 UTC, Dale Worley wrote: > > philli...@newcastle.ac.uk <javascript:> (Phillip Lord) writes: > > I have made a single branch clone of a repository. Originally, it was > > around 2Mb in size (compared to about 150Mb for a normal clone). Over > > time, though it has grown to around 20Mb. > > > > I've used a script that I found here... > > > > > https://stubbisms.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/git-script-to-show-largest-pack-objects-and-trim-your-waist-line/ > > > > > To attempt to find out why. And it appears that there are many objects > > NOT from the branch I cloned. > > What are the objects? Their contents can probably tell you a great deal > about what sort of commit referenced them. > >
They are objects from a different branch. The big ones are binary or generated documentation, which probably shouldn't have been there anyway. The repository is, essentially, using persistent branches to host different projects. My branch is never intended to be merged with "master", and contains only the files that I need. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
