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On 08/03/2010 08:03 AM, Sebastián Ramírez Magrí wrote: |
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> Hi folks... |
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> I've been thinking about switching from a rsync based tree to a git |
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> based one cloning [0]. The main reasons because I would do that is in |
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> order to save bandwidth (I've a slow GSM connection in my netbook and |
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> I sync two other gentoo boxes from the first one) and maybe time. |
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> So here goes the question, Is a git based tree really going to save me |
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> an appreciable bandwidth and time on syncing?, Can I keep the same |
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> replication functionality rsync gives me to sync my other boxes? |
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> [0] http://github.com/funtoo/portage/tree/gentoo.org |
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Git needs to move much less data around than rsync. It only transfers |
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differences, not whole files. |
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