> Le 23 mars 2015 à 09:25, Erich Titl <erich.t...@think.ch> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Yves
> 
> Am 23.03.2015 um 08:56 schrieb Yves Blusseau:
>> 
> ...
>> 
>> The feature is to clone a repository without downloading all the history 
>> (several GB)
> 
> OK so you basically remove the history from a git repository.

No the history stay intact. Only the binaries are replace with symlinks.

> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Now with the git-store command you can retrieve any packages you want 
>>>> using the transport protocol that was used to clone the repository.
>>> 
>>> That is all fine, but there is no git-store on the leaf boxes (and I
>>> doubt there will ever be).
>> git-store is only a bash script. The question is: is it good to install git 
>> command on a Leaf platform ?
> 
> I don't think so, but it is nice to have a repository without the cruft.
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>>> See the Readme.txt file for information 
>>>> (https://sourceforge.net/p/leaf/packages-store/ci/master/tree/Readme.txt)
>>> 
>>> Great..... What does it do? Is this an interface to git? What is the
>>> difference between a git repository and this git-store built repository
>>> and why does git not provide the same functionality?
>> Because git is for storing source file not binaries files.
> 
> Aahhh.... I always thought so and was surprised there was a git
> repository to hold our binary packages. Is this arrangement with
> sourceforge by accident?

No because it was historic.

Yves.
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