hg slow on large repo

[Kelly O'Hair]

For my team, clone speed is of less importance than the speed of the
push/pull of changes. The clone speed also depends on the size of the
network straw the bits are being sent down, any compression factors,
and the speed of your disk.

Once a clone is created, it normally would be re-used, not just thrown
away. You don't clone every time you want to make a change or get the
latest sources.

-kto

Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been investigating the various tools available for migrating a large 
> (11GB) cvs repository into.  After running cvs20hg for a rather long period 
> of time, I now have in my hands a moderately (4.1GB) sized hg repository.
> 
> Now I try to do a clone.  It takes about 15 minutes at 100% CPU utilisation, 
> which is pretty much a non-starter for usability.  The disk isn't anywhere 
> near being saturated.
> 
> Are there any features/tricks that can speed things up?
> 
> 		-ben