git download size

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Pjotr Prins <address@hidden> writes:

> Can we make the git binary download smaller? I think it is one of the
> largest ones now in Guix. Since git is a small tool it really
> shouldn't be that large despite that Linus was involved and some
> people say it may be a larger contribution for posterity than the
> kernel ;)

I just build git and this is what I see:

    rekado in guix: du -sh /gnu/store/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3
    23M /gnu/store/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3

However:

    Found valid signature for 
/gnu/store/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3
    From http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3
    Downloading jijqv5...-git-2.6.3 (247.2MiB installed)...
     http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3 
792KiB/s 02:19 | 107.9MiB transferred

Why the difference?

Here’s the output of “guix size 
/gnu/store/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3”:

store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/jijqv58gszv4wa4j92l3aj0f9znrj7ly-git-2.6.3              761.1   
247.2  32.5%
/gnu/store/bl07pj3dx8a6iaaklyclcpav35wy3wzz-curl-7.47.0            433.0     
1.8   0.2%
/gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10          408.2    
77.2  10.1%
/gnu/store/8jbgzwlc561wws115fh5vvpbnn0d60yg-openldap-2.4.42        383.9     
7.2   1.0%
/gnu/store/d3xdc2w87yw3raafwb9q34gxx4xqci8k-cyrus-sasl-2.1.26      325.1     
0.8   0.1%
/gnu/store/qvx4q6lbwi4s3cwr8wqaa7kcva0a5c4b-openssl-1.0.2f         319.9    
12.3   1.6%
/gnu/store/x2p2biyybcb2wac77qz9468asc5fm48i-perl-5.22.1            307.6    
49.8   6.5%
/gnu/store/pg8nnqprjxgwhwiyh8nhbphzj53ax77i-gcc-4.9.3              138.2    
77.1  10.1%
/gnu/store/d9f7dfg6q6qq09a704wqgqziqh4a01va-icu4c-55.1             124.4    
34.9   4.6%
/gnu/store/9y1sb141yyv9x8bc6z03hdiq4v6h5xj8-gss-1.0.3              117.4     
0.5   0.1%
/gnu/store/igy897yp0cd13133skf66zbwga1z4q6x-shishi-1.0.2           116.9     
2.6   0.3%
/gnu/store/wcz0m4cxy0s9siwdf1630wkp35k2ww2r-gnutls-3.4.7           113.0     
4.0   0.5%
/gnu/store/43a6v9hslld0nx627nyr365zih1p41h5-make-4.1               106.9     
1.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/l5d5pw7a3mg8smx120fgrjakd109qzbq-guile-2.0.11           105.7    
16.1   2.1%
/gnu/store/gscrqqf4yf9pchb58gg6h362arkhsw2q-guile-2.0.11           105.7    
16.1   2.1%
/gnu/store/gbg76f0x503bkjr1pcv1n37plph2b7ha-binutils-2.25.1         82.5    
44.6   5.9%
/gnu/store/nl4g5nzfdy6fad6i1zgxp1gin5c73b47-coreutils-8.24          77.8    
13.8   1.8%
/gnu/store/0fwiw8rnf9gm8binrmnlw739ri9m8lxv-bdb-5.3.21              77.3    
16.6   2.2%
/gnu/store/lb790wi1xjac30ffjmbvmgx4q2376a2b-mit-krb5-1.13.3         76.2     
3.9   0.5%
/gnu/store/xqvwn89wb5ja81pxsy3m7lqlwq8mf3zw-gawk-4.1.3              75.2     
2.9   0.4%
/gnu/store/3fhgi8jljfagg4yzmcn4abxs78abm7yc-libssh2-1.4.3           75.1     
0.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/4iqlcz069gw3qnx2iry9yifwg9mc5k51-libgcrypt-1.6.5         74.1     
1.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/y6y7flmdr4r1z2gha7algngw1m29q6df-libgcrypt-1.5.4         73.7     
0.8   0.1%
/gnu/store/5srj5qj6qhbwvrnlmnj8bihj6qbwb4v3-xz-5.2.2                73.4     
1.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/zpxg45dq67psrn4wmfk4l635h0si8q63-libgpg-error-1.21       73.0     
0.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/8qqi9pjcpb8lph39g9ppyqzaq38hdvdg-bzip2-1.0.6             72.9     
0.5   0.1%
/gnu/store/jbzyly3wcwbkhd9ai97d2a129i8rhpbk-readline-6.3            67.7     
1.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/vl728iydxaiwbacfj245k3x6qyl7d1ga-readline-6.3            67.6     
1.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/6fpfcqpm85k777rsdrb3d2pd91p2h4ll-ncurses-6.0             66.4     
5.7   0.7%
/gnu/store/b02lmk67jq1vcflk2m2bwzc8gmwmndqp-ncurses-6.0             66.4     
5.7   0.7%
/gnu/store/09gwygs9vdja1bkpyfqsb51rjzs7d5zs-libunistring-0.9.6      65.2     
4.5   0.6%
/gnu/store/h85a5abj5z9kxsjqb1zf0zixdf65qz8l-libunistring-0.9.6      65.2     
4.5   0.6%
/gnu/store/ysywlajf3mssmb3rpa4819fmr54jd56a-nettle-3.2              65.0     
1.7   0.2%
/gnu/store/8v3jina1v71fi4n1gcs729jvrc777giy-file-5.25               64.6     
3.9   0.5%
/gnu/store/1xlfngcpc74cvlr5bnzjv25nwsiyn0gp-sqlite-3.10.0           63.9     
3.2   0.4%
/gnu/store/1hc749rww6b4dzmmilz5qfri11k6087g-gmp-6.1.0               63.3     
2.6   0.3%
/gnu/store/zx7fwds22418n3vjyh8qk55l2jh06ry0-gmp-6.1.0               63.3     
2.6   0.3%
/gnu/store/8gzp3sj5lainqr90qzg908gzgbq5ganq-gmp-6.1.0               63.3     
2.6   0.3%
/gnu/store/qjzi4vvbqrpbjfdg8hvkv43qlkhcx0v7-libgc-7.4.2             62.5     
1.1   0.2%
/gnu/store/8cv92vy3m47v2b2pf73jdz9k26lzl1xw-libgc-7.4.2             62.5     
1.1   0.2%
/gnu/store/36n9cb1rj8hnz5f43rh04kyqmipg8h9q-pkg-config-0.29         62.0     
1.3   0.2%
/gnu/store/nqh64v4dnm0bv9r1c1r9rdvl72licxp3-pkg-config-0.29         62.0     
1.3   0.2%
/gnu/store/mkbdzvwwvzq6dzchz17j1vhisdvxklii-libidn-1.32             61.5     
0.8   0.1%
/gnu/store/2m3yvag3bvsy812dqbvxmxlra2hcpwd4-acl-2.2.52              61.4     
0.4   0.1%
/gnu/store/xf5x5hki5dhvsx63k2rizzsivik3s5rw-expat-2.1.0             61.3     
0.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/9lm6j1fvbj67bk2rsm17gilh9fpxjiq8-gdbm-1.11               61.2     
0.5   0.1%
/gnu/store/m7ac4hqvbyzf0fwjp5q85v6l8183r6h5-libcap-2.24             61.1     
0.1   0.0%
/gnu/store/8spals8f7ggd8df1i4a5yir1v0vsb5pj-zlib-1.2.8              61.1     
0.4   0.0%
/gnu/store/npifhd78kiam0az50clnpalgr0ycmyqy-libtasn1-4.7            61.1     
0.3   0.0%
/gnu/store/83hq072klq4bj46l297ihwyp7wg3jy41-attr-2.4.47             61.0     
0.2   0.0%
/gnu/store/cx4dknnwm6dfha504hriss6nspilccz1-libffi-3.2.1            60.8     
0.1   0.0%
/gnu/store/vk83x59c8ah5pjc5axrbmd58f88cz4wf-libffi-3.2.1            60.8     
0.1   0.0%
/gnu/store/64fk1rj1ykjd9miplzvgnz5bfyhwspw0-libltdl-2.4.6           60.8     
0.1   0.0%
/gnu/store/vac75z1zl9lxbr5g663ygn2i9wlvb543-libltdl-2.4.6           60.8     
0.1   0.0%
/gnu/store/pkasxagsa4z4viscfpl6sjszmdmwncl1-gcc-4.9.3-lib           60.7    
22.9   3.0%
/gnu/store/x8dmdlrn5qn0wrbcnngj55y3ab73h0pp-bash-4.3.42             49.5     
4.7   0.6%
/gnu/store/0bxy0vmwf7l3nsz5yr71hmvay5aw9pw3-readline-6.3            44.8     
1.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/bh25hb3hqr6dvxxhfm4hd9hjsxsf1f95-ncurses-6.0             43.6     
5.7   0.7%
/gnu/store/sgzfawy95pfn7nsw3xvmca58llm5zzbc-glibc-2.22              37.9    
36.5   4.8%
/gnu/store/1481x54il6kf3kcs03g997yaj86mfvkh-linux-libre-headers-3.14.37     3.3 
    3.3   0.4%
/gnu/store/h534pmpvqr5svh0vp238ndph4gv9g51i-bash-static-4.3.42       1.4     
1.4   0.2%
/gnu/store/7sbnxbfwzxn4fwkpa10x07gb5hr5hh62-libatomic-ops-7.4.2      0.6     
0.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/ilar1qmj2jvjiygwmfcwhny5c7vzsaks-libatomic-ops-7.4.2      0.6     
0.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/y1agigxaf3idy2rsb9j9sb6r5apqf3x8-curl-7.47.0-doc          0.5     
0.5   0.1%
/gnu/store/dyz3dsbxa3h4dzwaxv4ibjdl5hbj9w2f-zlib-1.2.8               0.4     
0.4   0.0%

~~ Ricardo