On 2020-03-23 07:10 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: git
> Version: 1:2.26.0~rc2-1
> Severity: important
>
> I have a git repository for the Linux kernel where I track both Linus'
> and the stable repository.
>
> ,----
> | $ git remote --verbose show
> | origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> (fetch)
> | origin git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> (push)
> | stable https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
> (fetch)
> | stable https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
> (push)
> `----
>
> A few days ago, after the update to 2.26.0-rc2, I fetched from the
> stable tree. This triggered a run of "git gc --auto" in the background
> as there were more than 6700 loose objects.
>
> This morning I pulled from Linus' tree, and it downloaded _a lot_ of
> objects. Both that and resolving deltas took quite some time, as one
> might imagine.
>
> ,----
> | $ git pull
> | remote: Enumerating objects: 7226920, done.
> | remote: Counting objects: 100% (7226920/7226920), done.
> | remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1098637/1098637), done.
> | remote: Total 7226920 (delta 6082531), reused 7224317 (delta 6080838)
> | Receiving objects: 100% (7226920/7226920), 1.18 GiB | 3.95 MiB/s, done.
> | Resolving deltas: 100% (6082531/6082531), done.
> `----
Additionally, the size of the .git directory ballooned to ~3.5 GiB after
that. Running "git gc" manually reduced it to ~2 GiB which I think is
normal.
Cheers,
Sven
