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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:01:01 -0700
From:      merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To:        Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What replaces csup?
Message-ID:  <86wqzrfhhe.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <21e99057b51b3078055dc9f2626bd0bc@homey.local> (Stas Verberkt's message of "Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:44:46 %2B0200")
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>>>>> "Stas" == Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl> writes:

Stas> On a side note, using Git does mean that everyone has to download a complete
Stas> repository. This makes using a csup-like architecture quite
Stas> "heavy-weight".

The entire history of the Linux kernel since switching to git 5 years
ago is stored in a repo that is *less than half the size* of a single
current checkout.

The entire history of the XFree86 project ended up being a repo that was
only 2-3 times the size of the current checkout.

Seriously, don't be afraid of git simply because "it has all the
history".  SVN is already worse because it has a single local backup
copy for every live file, 2x right there.

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