From 37c5564ef15bab6f3a8b123e00b798490f1477ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:28:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment --- ...1_b9bb0a71d81b8cbc2a751bb7bab84812._comment | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/scalability_with_lots_of_files/comment_1_b9bb0a71d81b8cbc2a751bb7bab84812._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/scalability_with_lots_of_files/comment_1_b9bb0a71d81b8cbc2a751bb7bab84812._comment b/doc/forum/scalability_with_lots_of_files/comment_1_b9bb0a71d81b8cbc2a751bb7bab84812._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0a58c1c71d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/scalability_with_lots_of_files/comment_1_b9bb0a71d81b8cbc2a751bb7bab84812._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-02-04T19:21:07Z" + content=""" +Git automatically packs loose object files after a while, which includes +git-annex branch files. See `git-gc --help`. + +It also delta compresses files, and git-annex's log files will delta +compress and compress pretty well, so your du's of a checked out git-annex +branch don't mean much. + +As far as I can tell, your git repository is 118mb in size, including +the git-annex branch and all history. + +You can use `git annex forget` to drop historical location tracking +info for files. +"""]]