* James McCoy <[email protected]> [2015-03-26 11:26 -0400]: [...]
> $ git clone https://github.com/vim/vim > ... > $ cd vim > $ du -hs .git . > 685M .git > 47M . > $ git gc --aggressive > ... > $ du -hs .git . > 34M .git > 47M . > > For reference, are similar numbers for a fresh Mercurial clone: > > $ du -hs .hg . > 55M .hg > 47M . > [...] * Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> [2015-03-26 21:00 +0100]: > > Manuel Ortega wrote: [...] > > It would be nice if, when this gets finalized, the new repo trims out > > ancient stuff like 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2. There's no reason for everyone to > > have to clone all that and carry it around on disk. Yes, I know about > > shallow clones, but they're pretty wonky, especially wrt making PRs from a > > shallow clone to the main repo (not that Bram is going to look at them). > > Isn't there a way to clone only up to some time ago, e.g., the 7.4 > release? I rather leave this a decision on the user side than on the > server side (meaning that history would be lost forever). As James pointed out: There is not that much space needed! So please keep the history as it is quite easy to filter tags the user wants to work on. Elimar -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
