Am Dienstag, 3. August 2010, 08:31:38 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 08/03/2010 08:03 AM, Sebastián Ramírez Magrí wrote: > > Hi folks... > > > > I've been thinking about switching from a rsync based tree to a git > > based one cloning [0]. The main reasons because I would do that is in > > order to save bandwidth (I've a slow GSM connection in my netbook and > > I sync two other gentoo boxes from the first one) and maybe time. > > > > So here goes the question, Is a git based tree really going to save me > > an appreciable bandwidth and time on syncing?, Can I keep the same > > replication functionality rsync gives me to sync my other boxes? > > > > [0] http://github.com/funtoo/portage/tree/gentoo.org > > Git needs to move much less data around than rsync. It only transfers > differences, not whole files.
Not true. rsync uses delta-encoding to minimize data transfers. Regards Michael
