> > > Why not simply use a reference repository?
> > > git clone --mirror git://git.gnu.org/emacs.git ~/emacs-reference
> > > And when cloning:
> > > git clone --reference ~/emacs-reference git://git.gnu.org/emacs.git
> > > the ~/emacs-reference place can be accessible where ever you are using
Thanks for the amazingly detailed answer!
> > > > Is there a limit and/or maintainance going? Was I but in some sort of
> > > > throttle-list?
> > >
> > > We do have rate limits in place. Because otherwise the general
> > > background radiation activity of the Internet will break things.
> > >
>
> > I understand your reasoning. And if this were an infrastructure at,
> > say, Amazon AWS EC2, setup to be elastic and just scaled out then your
> > reasoning would be totally on target. Increased load would scale out
> > to more parallel resources. It is more typical to have a load
> > balanc
