Hi Philip, Tnx for your tip. But I made 100% sure NOT to include the .git directory. And still I get a the difference between 2 tar-files. One made from the source before committing and pushing, and the second tar, made from the same source after cloneing and checking-out. I would expect them to be the same size (apart from small differences due to .gitignore etc). But an 20% increase is too much !
Regards, Peter Op maandag 19 augustus 2013 21:47:15 UTC+2 schreef Philip Oakley: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* peter boudewijns <javascript:> > *To:* git-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 8:10 PM > *Subject:* [git-users] Strange effect when tar-ing a cloned repository > > Hi All, > > I've been trying to put my filesystem for a very small busybox-based > distro into a git-repository. And with succes. The only strange thing I can > not get my head around is the following : > > When making a compressed tarball from the files from the repository (after > clone/checkout) I get a very much larger tar.gz-file. Size goes up from 16M > to 21M (!?) > > Has anyone got a clue ? > > Thanks !!!! > > PeTer > > The usual reason is that you 'forgot' that the git repo itself is inside > the hidden directory .git at the top level. So you have both your working > tree of regular files, and then you have the hidden repo storage - so you > have everything twice, and the history as well! > > Have a look at the 'git archive' command if you want just your your work > tree, without the whole repo history. > > Philip > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
