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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-03-06 11:04:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-03-06 11:04:43 +0000 |
| commit | ce12b60e97a9a4518dd99b990e20e55ec8da22bc (patch) | |
| tree | 927e3f59948f6b58e58bfea2a992cfec323c920d /doc | |
| parent | 709dd125c3820fd1fb7e6547b30e086048984ddf (diff) | |
| parent | cc7b50265a1b5286b18c7627cefd28807d834ea7 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-ce12b60e97a9a4518dd99b990e20e55ec8da22bc.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'patch-28' into 'master'
perforce.md: add note about repacking
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!17373
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diff --git a/doc/user/project/import/perforce.md b/doc/user/project/import/perforce.md index aa7508e1e8e..a1ea716b606 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/import/perforce.md +++ b/doc/user/project/import/perforce.md @@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ Here's a few links to get you started: - [git-p4 manual page](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-p4.html) - [git-p4 example usage](https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Git-p4_Usage) - [Git book migration guide](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-and-Other-Systems-Migrating-to-Git#_perforce_import) + +Note that `git p4` and `git filter-branch` are not very good at +creating small and efficient Git pack files. So it might be a good +idea to spend time and CPU to properly repack your repository before +sending it for the first time to your GitLab server. See +[this StackOverflow question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28720151/git-gc-aggressive-vs-git-repack/). |