Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs)

On Sun, Nov 06 2011,Jonathan Fine wrote:

Hi

This it to let you know that I'm writing (in Python) a script that
places the content of CTAN into a git repository.
https://bitbucket.org/jfine/python-ctantools

I'm working from the TeX Collection DVDs that are published each year
by the TeX user groups, which contain a snapshot of CTAN (about
100,000 files occupying 4Gb), which means I have to unzip folders and
do a few other things.


unlike CVS where you can only get HEAD(or specifically a version),
this git repository....umm...won't it replicate the entire history
locally to the user's machine; all 4GB + deltas? In 2 years time,
say, won't it have all the different versions which might not be of
consequence for the general user populace?

I'm not objecting to your project but why git with its local storage
model for this?

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sivaram
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