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diff --git a/doc/tips/Repositories_with_large_number_of_files/comment_5_8540bf807eaf1b4e927eafc03deef304._comment b/doc/tips/Repositories_with_large_number_of_files/comment_5_8540bf807eaf1b4e927eafc03deef304._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d1e23866 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/Repositories_with_large_number_of_files/comment_5_8540bf807eaf1b4e927eafc03deef304._comment @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="CandyAngel" + subject="comment 5" + date="2016-02-02T10:08:06Z" + content=""" +Splitting the index (git update-index --split-index) doesn't work for me at all. While it may initially reduce the size of .git/index, making a commit inflates it back to its original size anyway. + +I thought it might be some interaction with v4 index and its compression mechanics but it does the same if I set it to v3 index. For (manufactured) example: + + $ git update-index --split-index + $ du -sh .git/*index* + 4.0K .git/index + 76M .git/sharedindex.70e661456302b51a7ec59bf5b32d630e74b34c7c + + ... add 8000 files ... + + $ git commit -m \"add files\" + $ du -sh .git/*index* + 80M .git/index + 76M .git/sharedindex.70e661456302b51a7ec59bf5b32d630e74b34c7c +"""]] |