From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E0E20756 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:06:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751071AbdAQWGd (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:06:33 -0500 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:41216 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750893AbdAQWGb (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:06:31 -0500 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1F51F601D1; Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:05:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1484690734; bh=dRFQjAZgJvRrNLVSk8UTDOYvW2oLeJsCbaufQV7pSLY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=FXCNJAoRXu4zevyMOxcH/YbKDHHP4vtzOaOzx/jAJwiV80V4nkNGRgmYlBGyoI1Pf 4x4aOgJT+JejBZEnGcpvTQhuXxweWXB/ScSR+4UsNX17+Vx8lPAt9ZaUAAj6Ipgsj3 XvSbkn7FCK77UdgR280ZVNACcmeOA1rc6rois8fM= Received: from mfick1-lnx.localnet (i-global254.qualcomm.com [199.106.103.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mfick@smtp.codeaurora.org) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2293601D1; Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:05:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1484690733; bh=dRFQjAZgJvRrNLVSk8UTDOYvW2oLeJsCbaufQV7pSLY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=iUsKmJAtSLHVqD/961BfTnPtr46QU2TmDc3owtoLa5R+LvuBG54yTdy6C2iEvo//5 NqOzQPtxMQRqFKutPLEohyPHLoIErLTFMFeCt86gIR9dsNkHf3lqy2VuAEGBfBFfNY 7bzI3uho2C+6J0rcepD5hm/gZqxyNSjcv3EPM4yo= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org A2293601D1 Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=mfick@codeaurora.org From: Martin Fick To: Ben Peart Cc: 'Shawn Pearce' , 'git' , benpeart@microsoft.com Subject: Re: [RFC] Add support for downloading blobs on demand Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:05:32 -0700 Message-ID: <2381666.1DSVtKRIH5@mfick1-lnx> User-Agent: KMail/4.8.5 (Linux/3.2.0-106-generic; KDE/4.8.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <002501d2710b$af74c4d0$0e5e4e70$@gmail.com> References: <20170113155253.1644-1-benpeart@microsoft.com> <002501d2710b$af74c4d0$0e5e4e70$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 04:50:13 PM Ben Peart wrote: > While large files can be a real problem, our biggest issue > today is having a lot (millions!) of source files when > any individual developer only needs a small percentage of > them. Git with 3+ million local files just doesn't > perform well. Honestly, this sounds like a problem better dealt with by using git subtree or git submodules, have you considered that? -Martin -- The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation