This is very awesome. I am in the early stages of trying to scope out a small side project to do a mediawiki <-> git bridge; it is very challenging. Being able to download the complete edit history in this fashion is extremely useful. Thank you very much for sharing this work.
-Josh On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:45 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com < jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:40 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:38 PM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com > >> <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>> There are ways to optimize all of this. Most users will not want to > >>> download the full history. > >> > >> Then why are you using git? > > > > I am not most users. I am using git because I think it is the best way > > forward to implement many of the ideas discussed in the strategy wiki. > > > if you want only the last 3 revisions checked out , it takes about 10 > seconds and produces 300k of data. > > git clone --depth 3 git://github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/KosovoWikipedia.git > > du -h gittest/ > 252K gittest/ > > Log file : > > Initialized empty Git repository in > /home_data2/2009/10/KosovoWikipedia/gittest/KosovoWikipedia/.git/ > remote: Counting objects: 21, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done. > remote: Total 21 (delta 3), reused 20 (delta 3) > Receiving objects: 100% (21/21), 40.98 KiB, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (3/3), done. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- I am running a marathon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Can you help me reach my fundraising goals? Visit http://pages.teamintraining.org/ma/pfchangs10/joshuagay _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l