On 03/10/2013 06:03 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: >> -We can rewrite history (git-filter-branch) to remove some mistakes that >> exploded the repo size. Binaries later removed, things accidentally >> checked >> into ./extensions, etc. This could potentially greatly reduce object >> sizes >> and allow for tighter repacks. Major issue with history rewriting is >> everyone will have to reclone (all sha1s would change). I've not >> tested my >> theory yet. > > Ugh, the nuclear option. Let's try repacking first, can we? :) This is > probably going to make gerrit a little unhappy when it's database thing > gets inconsistent with the repo.
Yeah, I agree we should be extremely reluctant to resort to break git history on a project as important as MW core. It would cause a lot of disruption. Matt Flaschen _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
