[Bioc-devel] Git pack file greater than 5MB

[Henrik Bengtsson]

I understood that it's a submission. Just wanted to make sure that it's
clear there might be side effects, e.g. people clone and collaborate also
before submitting to Bioc and a rewrite might surprise existing
collaborators etc.

/H

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 09:04 Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc using gmail.com> wrote:

> This package isn’t yet a Bioconductor package Henrik. It will break other
> forks most likely. This package hasn’t been submitted to the Contributions
> either to be reviewed. So this is the time to break what needs to be broken
> before it’s submitted to Bioconductor and gets into the Bioconductor git
> repository.
>
> Nitesh
>
> On Oct 1, 2020, at 11:57 AM, Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengtsson using gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Doesn't a git rewrite break all existing clones, forks out there? I'm
> happy to be corrected, if this is not the case.
>
> /Henrik
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 08:16 Nitesh Turaga <nturaga.bioc using gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The BiocCheck will complain on the build system about the > 5MB package
>> size.
>>
>> The rewrite of the history with BFG cleaner (
>> https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ <
>> https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/>) is not as severe as you
>> think it is to be honest. It is just removing these pack files which don’t
>> have a place in the tree structure. These are more often than not, orphan
>> files.
>>
>> If you are suspect of this solution, I would suggest you make a backup
>> clone of your repo and try it on that first before you touch the main repo.
>> Check the history (git log) to see if anything important is missing.
>>
>> But usually a software package has to be below 5MB. If you have some data
>> in there which is needed for the package, consider Experiment Hub.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nitesh
>>
>> > On Sep 30, 2020, at 12:46 PM, McGrath, Max <MAX.MCGRATH using UCDENVER.EDU>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > We have a package that is ready for submission, but when running
>> BiocCheck a warning is generated noting that "The following files are over
>> 5MB in size: '.git/objects/pack/pack-xxx...". I've pruned, repacked, and
>> run git gc which reduced the file size from 5.2 to 5.1MB, but I have been
>> unable to reduce it further.
>> >
>> > I'm reaching out to determine if this is an issue, and if so to ask for
>> recommendations for solving it. Currently, the only solution I've come up
>> with is to rewrite the repository's history using a tool like
>> "git-filter-repo", but this is a more drastic action than I would prefer to
>> take. I would greatly appreciate any advice on the matter.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Max McGrath
>> >
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