Re: Cloning speed comparison, round II

Dear diary, on Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:31:32PM CET, I got a letter
where Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] said that...

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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So the fact is: rsync is often slower, and _always_ less capable. 

Side note: a lot of the rsync problems are non-issues for the initial 
clone. 

But based on my "machine X" tests, git is as fast as git+ssh (which is
as it should be), which means it is even slightly faster than rsync,
even for the initial commit.

That initial clone is in fact the only time I think rsync can be a good 
idea, especially if the server end is repacking regularly.

Yes, the only advantage of rsync I can see is that you get it all
packed. Well, I think this only means we are doing something wrong,
and perhaps we should automatically pack as well.

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