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From: Ian Barton <lists@manor-farm.org>
Subject: Re: Any idea why the git repo is so huge
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> 
> The git repo I just checked out a minute ago is 54M, 20 times bigger
> than the org lisp files. Any idea why it is so large? Thanks.
> 
> Leo
> 
Don't forget it has a complete history of all org development since the 
initial import of the source.

You may be able to reduce the size of your local repo by running:

git gc

See http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/v1.6.0.6/git-gc.html

Ian.