Meta's Sapling source-code management system

Posted Nov 19, 2022 4:00 UTC (Sat) by sionescu (subscriber, #59410)
In reply to: Meta's Sapling source-code management system by bartoc
Parent article: Meta's Sapling source-code management system

> sparse index/worktree/clones are way better than gvfs because you don't need to worry about some random program enumerating the git repo (including getting file sizes) and causing gvfs to download everything. I had both TortoiseGit and WinDirStat do this, it's quite annoying.

That would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Having a single total view of the repo has so many benefits that if some devtool can't cope with the size, then it's time to blacklist or fix it.