From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 20:20:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D432B1065670; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kmacybsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6B78FC17; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:20:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so26303qwc.13 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:20:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=BoL4MNGgOc9nj0thnu5NZpscaaiS5DQWYRIaORFd2Go=; b=X56PP0tiAGB8EwTrryki6Ec/9rBmFnsmLZPjp0LC4m+lHZMuYLmQSiZlWk3Y+21Cpi BAQ1RSIs7L5eWVqkpXKBo8BzI3XAhjUJOTsIot2IorwFHpWMflC0xDW4YY+vJKt9iCdB BlQyNrx0ltl+D1HHfLKnM2d22HF+UDQXszmD4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.21.129 with SMTP id v1mr1832140vde.163.1314735655713; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kmacybsd@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.187.231 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:20:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110830201357.GB58638@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <4e5ba9c3.bzHIw1KEy8R2QcK7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <3420B331-C697-468A-80BA-B31C33804710@freebsd.org> <4e5c5b5f.moT7dLemOuteQJ5T%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4E5C364D.7070904@freebsd.org> <20110830201357.GB58638@acme.spoerlein.net> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:20:55 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1UyaROPyyqTL5tGP5zk-1wzJp9Q Message-ID: From: "K. Macy" To: "K. Macy" , Julian Elischer , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Official git export X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:20:56 -0000 w far back in time one's repo goes and being >> able to have some control over views would go a long way towards >> streamlining its use for FreeBSD. > > Utterly irrelevant. A partial checkout won't make git noticeably > faster, as it is pretty darn fast already. Believe me. A truncated > history might save you up to 150MB, also totally not worth the effort, > especially because then your custom git repo has different hashes and > fetching/merging other peoples branches becomes impossible. > > Furthermore, the point with git is to have multiple branches in your > workspace and switch between them (again, this is frigging fast). I was > juggling 8-10 branches at one time and have never had the need to create > a second workspace ('git stash' being the keyword here). > > Please have a look at http://wiki.freebsd.org/GitWorkflow and try it > out! I've been working out of git for the past 15 months: https://www.gitorious.org/~kmm/freebsd/kmm-sandbox I'm afraid that due to time and bandwidth constraints the size of the initial repository is indeed relevant for many of us.