Re: Let's stop using CVS for debian.org website

Hi,

2016-11-24 12:20 GMT+01:00 Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]>:
> Quoting Holger Levsen (2016-11-24 10:43:40)
>> As some people fear the size of the git repo, I've done a test:
>>
>> cloning took 5-6min (granted over a fast network connection) and requires
>> 628mb of diskspace in the end.
>>
>> however, cloning using --depth 1 did not work :(
>>
>> $ git clone --depth 1 https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/webwml/webwml2git.git
>> Cloning into 'webwml2git'...
>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
>> fatal: protocol error: bad pack header
>>
>> however if I clone locally (well using file://…) with --depth 1 I can
>> see that it needs 454mb diskspace.
>>
>> Not too bad IMO.
>
> Interesting data points.
>
> Can you get these related data points too? - relevant for those with
> limited internet bandwidth (as is the case for some translators):
>
>   * amount of data transfered over the wire for initial full git clone
>   * amount of data transfered over the wire for shallow git clone
>   * amount of data transfered over the wire for CVS clone
>   * disk space used for CVS clone

I have just learned a new trick which would help people with limited bandwidth.

It is not a subtree clone, but the result is practically the same and
the downloaded data is minimal:
$ git archive --remote=ssh://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/ffmpeg.git
master debian/ | tar xvf -

It does not work with GitHub, but does perfectly with git.debian.org.

Cheers,
Balint

Credit: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25771130