On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 7:00 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A co-worker asked me today how space could be saved when you have > multiple checkouts of the same repository (at different revs) on the > same machine. I said since these won't block-level de-duplicate well[1] > one way to do this is with alternates.
Another way is to use git-worktree, which would solve the gc issues mentioned below? I view alternates as a historic artefact as the deduping of objects client side can be done using worktrees, and on the serverside - I think - most of the git hosters use namespaces and put a fork network into the same repository and use pack islands. Can you elaborate on why worktrees would not solve the problem? (I initially was hesitant to use them as I liked going into .git and tempering with files such as the config directly. But now I cannot `cd .git` any more; it turns out the advantages outweigh this corner case that I was attached to) -- 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.
