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(was bug#65866: [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts) References: <871qf4ivsr.fsf@gmail.com> <87r0n4wp0d.fsf@gmail.com> <87bke74v6x.fsf@jpoiret.xyz> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:56:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87bke74v6x.fsf@jpoiret.xyz> (Josselin Poiret's message of "Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:06:30 +0200") Message-ID: <87edj3y2hc.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::f2e; envelope-from=maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com; helo=mail-qv1-xf2e.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx1.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -9.39 X-Spam-Score: -9.39 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: DE4D149C7B X-TUID: hJhQE4lETxc1 Hi, Josselin Poiret writes: > Hi, > > Maxim Cournoyer writes: > >> That's no longer true, as of libgit2 v1.7.0 [0]. I already have it >> packaged in a branch, but I need to iron out dependent breakages. >> >> [0] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.7.0 >> >> So given there's no technical reasons not to use libgit2, I'd use that >> and keep the closure size down. > > There's still the `git gc` problem though. It's klunky, but a workaround is to locally clone the checkout anew using libgit2, as suggested here [0]. We could also try to contribute to libgit2 toward adding proper support for a 'gc' action. [0] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3247#issuecomment-486585944 -- Thanks, Maxim