[Lazarus] OT, Not again :) [Re: Git tip: use bisect to find regression bugs quickly]

[Martin Friebe]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Martin Friebe wrote:
>   
>> people, but the way way you generalize it, it sounds that would be an
>> advantage for everyone? I much prefer to have the repository on the server.
>>     
> I'm not starting this again.... :-)
>   
very sad... :)
>> And if I understand this correct, then GIT downloads *every*
>> intermediate version to your PC, every time you upgrade (otherwise, how
>> can they already be there). That to me would be a disadvantage, I may
>> never need that data.
>>     
>
> Read the "Git Mirrors" page on the Lazarus wiki:
>   
....
> Even though you end up with every revision, Git's compression is clearly
> *much* better than SubVersion's. The WHOLE history of Lazarus is a 57MB
> download (and unpacks to 144MB on the hard drive). Compare that to a
> SINGLE trunk revision using SubVersion which equals to around 320MB. The
> Git repository is much smaller, no matter how you look at it. You get
> more bang for you buck! ;-)
>   
So it eats more CPU to do the work?

Anyway it doesn't matter, It was for the arguments sake only.

Best Regards
Martin