Re: [PATCH 19/19] gitweb: Remove creating directory for temporary files

From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: 2006-08-26 15:43:04
On 8/26/06, Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually Linux git archive _is_ a special, odd-ball case.
>
> It's also our main customer ;-)
>

More seriously, do you foreseen reasons for an SCM to split old
histories (more then, say few years and some GB ago) in a separated
repository?

Now in Linux we have the historical repo and is splitted because it
was borne splitted, but do you think this could be also an acceptable
policy for a big project after years of git use: to backup old stuff
and keep recent one snappy?

With snappy I mean a long list of things: cloning, getting file
histories / blaming, packing, fsck-ing, etc...

The net effect could be a better browsing/handling experience in the
99% of cases where you need to check recent work (say last 2 years)
and in any case the possibility to do some archeologic research when
needed.

Marco
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