(anonymous) wrote:

>> I don't like this idea, for the same reasons that other have already
>> given. Grafting histories with git-replace might be viable, but it'd still
>> be clunky and non-intuitive.

> Ok, fair enough. Everyone's made some really good points so let's drop the
> idea of dropping our history.

> However I think we should continue to discuss ways to contain the repo size
> going forward. That, combined with some aggressive repacking and dropping
> of refs/changes/* (when we move to Phabricator) should help get it under
> control.

> [...]

Just to clarify: refs/changes/* = Gerrit patchsets (minus
the ones referenced as submitted changes)?  If so, sure,
they're only scratchpads, but on the other hand they should-
n't affect the size of a default clone that just pulls in
the parents of master's HEAD?

Tim


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