[gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-03 Thread Sebastián Ramírez Magr í
Sergei Trofimovich writes: > Hi Sebastián, > >> 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 fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-03 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 03.08.2010 16:11, schrieb Michael Schreckenbauer: > Am Dienstag, 3. August 2010, 08:31:38 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >> On 08/03/2010 08:03 AM, Sebastián Ramírez Magrí wrote: [...] >> >> Git needs to move much less data around than rsync. It only transfers >> differences, not whole files. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-03 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 03.08.2010 14:52, schrieb Graham Murray: > Nikos Chantziaras writes: > >> Git needs to move much less data around than rsync. It only transfers >> differences, not whole files. > > But is uses a *lot* more disk space on the systems as each system > contains the full history. > While your s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-03 Thread Graham Murray
Nikos Chantziaras writes: > Git needs to move much less data around than rsync. It only transfers > differences, not whole files. But is uses a *lot* more disk space on the systems as each system contains the full history.

[gentoo-user] Re: Is a git based tree going to save me bandwidth and time?

2010-08-02 Thread 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 gen