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Subject: bug#21949: git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:44:27 +0100
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net> skribis:
>
>> I noticed this earlier and wonder if it's a bug or not:
>>
>> When downloading the git-2.6.3 substitute from hydra it is a hefty
>> 108M download, but installed in the store it's just 23M.
>
> The fact that the result is small is due to hard links (under
> libexec/git-core), resulting from deduplication performed by the daemon:

I figured a simple fix is to have =E2=80=98make install=E2=80=99 use symlin=
ks instead of
hard links.  Done in 1a59b6d.

Ludo=E2=80=99.