Re: Move to git is imminent - awaiting Stefan's approval

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  Andreas Schwab <address@hidden>,  
> address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:05:47 -0500
> 
> > Indeed.. Why should one clone 1.1 GiB and the repack all in 330 MiB? and
> > shouldn't the remote repository "cleaned" (repacked etc..) regularly?
> 
> Because Git is so much more efficient,

A joke, I presume.

But if not: pulling 1.1GB through the net instead of just a third or
forth of that is still a painful experience in some parts of the
world, and git can do nothing at all about that, even though it
compresses.

There really is no excuse for having such a badly packed repository on
Savannah.