Hi! The total compiled size of libexec/git-core is currently somewhere around 30 MB. This is largely due to a number of binaries linking statically against libgit.a. For some folks, every byte counts. I meddled with the Makefile briefly to make it build and use a libgit.so instead, which dropped package size down to 5MB.
Are there, beyond the ~20 ms in extra startup time and the slightly bigger hassle with DSO locations, reasons for the choice to link statically? best, Elmar
