Re: [PATCH] doc: fast-import: contextualize the hardware cost
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-01 14:44:20
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
quoted hunk
From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <redacted> 6e411d20440 (Initial draft of fast-import documentation., 2007-02-05) pointed out how much time a fast-import took on some hardware with a specific cost. Let’s further point out that this experiment was done in 2007. So modern hardware should have no issues with such a repo. Also move the parenthetical to the end now that it contains four words. Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <redacted> --- Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc index d2327842003..6f9763c11b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ amount of memory usage and processing time. Assuming the frontend is able to keep up with fast-import and feed it a constant stream of data, import times for projects holding 10+ years of history and containing 100,000+ individual commits are generally completed in just 1-2 -hours on quite modest (~$2,000 USD) hardware. +hours on quite modest hardware (~$2,000 USD in 2007).
That is a definite improvement. Thanks.