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From: Mike Auty <ikelos@g.o>
To: Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-scm@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-scm] Grafting and small repos
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:27:50
Message-Id: 49909FD3.5020600@gentoo.org
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4 Lance Albertson wrote:
5 > What if we took a slightly different angle with this. I'm not sure if
6 > this is possible, so correct me if I'm wrong. Most developers don't need
7 > history past a year, but having recent history is important. What if we
8 > created an archive repo that contains all the history but the main one
9 > only contains a years worth? If a developer did want the whole history,
10 > they could just graft it onto the live repo.
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12 Yeah, as far as I'm aware the initial repo can be any length of time (a
13 week old, a year old, etc), so that wouldn't pose a problem.
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15 > Anyways, I think devs should always have history, just not 5 years worth
16 > of it.
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18 True, it's getting it in the first place that's a bit of a strain on the
19 ifrastructure...
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21 Mike 5:)
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Re: [gentoo-scm] Grafting and small repos Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o>