Subj : Re: How fast and big do SVN repos grow?
To   : comp.programming
From : Rob Thorpe
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 02:57 am

Matthias Kaeppler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in the quest of finding free online hosts for source code control
> systems like CVS and SVN, I stumbled across www.cvsdude.com, which
> offers a free 2MB SVN/CVS repository to anyone.
>
> However, isn't 2MB next to nothing? I remember CVS repos growing quite
> fast, even for small source controlled programs.
> Before registering I want to make sure if this isn't just their way of
> catching potential customers. 2MB of plain source code would be
> sufficient for me, but the administrative files probably take up way
> more than just that I guess and I don't want to find myself hitting the
> quota limit after 4 commits.

Regarding CVS repositories, there is a bit of an art to them.
Eliminate absolutely every file that is built by the build process from
the repository.  Only archive actual source.  That way the repository
will grow only slowly.  I believe other SCSs are similar in this
regard.

Still, 2MB is not that much, not enough to fit a large project.

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