On Saturday, 12 May 2018 16:36:13 CEST Gerion Entrup wrote: > Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2018, 16:21:26 CEST schrieb Ulrich Mueller: > > >>>>> On Sat, 12 May 2018, Gerion Entrup wrote: > > > - The size of the tree reduces. > > > > I very much doubt that (or at least it remains to be proven). > > > > Currently, when an ebuild is copied for a version bump, it will reuse > > the same blob in the Git repository. With the scheme above, you would > > have to modify the ebuild, which would add a new blob for every > > version bump. > > You are right, I've not thought about that. However, this is only true for > the repository not for the rsync copy most(?) users have and not for a > checkout.
As I understand it, rsync will indeed re-use blocks from existing files on the receiver [1], and hence copy files with the same content only once. --Dennis [1]: http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2013/08/out-tridging-tridge/
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