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On Saturday, 12 May 2018 16:36:13 CEST Gerion Entrup wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2018, 16:21:26 CEST schrieb Ulrich Mueller: |
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> > >>>>> On Sat, 12 May 2018, Gerion Entrup wrote: |
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> > > - The size of the tree reduces. |
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> > I very much doubt that (or at least it remains to be proven). |
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> > Currently, when an ebuild is copied for a version bump, it will reuse |
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> > the same blob in the Git repository. With the scheme above, you would |
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> > have to modify the ebuild, which would add a new blob for every |
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> > version bump. |
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> You are right, I've not thought about that. However, this is only true for |
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> the repository not for the rsync copy most(?) users have and not for a |
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> checkout. |
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As I understand it, rsync will indeed re-use blocks from existing files on the |
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receiver [1], and hence copy files with the same content only once. |
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--Dennis |
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[1]: http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2013/08/out-tridging-tridge/ |
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