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List:       bioc-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bioc-devel] Package size issue
From:       "Kevin R. Coombes" <kevin.r.coombes () gmail ! com>
Date:       2024-03-29 19:23:05
Message-ID: 844c18fc-6c7b-45fb-8c42-71f4f7c20e25 () gmail ! com
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If it is the .git pack that is the problem, you can keep it out of the 
tarball by creating a file in the main package directory (where 
DESCRIPTION lives) called ",Rbuildignore". Put a line in that file that 
reads
    \.git/(.*)
That will keep anything in the .git folder from being included.

On 3/28/2024 7:16 PM, Gabriel.Villamil@mdc-berlin.de wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> This is my first message to the mailing list so apologies if I am breaking any \
> guidelines. 
> I am submitting a package called Ribostan and the build report gives an error that \
> the package tarball exceeds the size requirement. I am also being warned that \
> individual package files exceed the 5MB size limit. 
> The total size of a fresh clone of my package is 5.9MB, but 3.9MB of that is from \
> the single packfile in .git/objects/pack. As I understand, the packfile contains \
> the history of all files that have ever been in the repository, including files \
> that have been deleted. 
> I am wondering if this packfile is what is inflating my package size in the build \
> and whether there is a solution to reduce its size. In case it is relevant: at some \
> point a 1.38MB bam file was committed to the repo as toy data for running examples, \
> but has since been deleted. I am also wondering why an individual file is reported \
> to be exceeding 5MB when I don't see any such file in my repo. 
> Any advice would be very welcome!
> 
> Best regards,
> Gabriel
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