lanl/LaGriT

LaGriT repo size is huge

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#217 opened on Feb 27, 2021

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Description

The LaGriT repo on clone is ~1.67 GB. The vast majority of this is from git deltas (1.014 GB), followed by testing (0.293 GB) and documentation (0.233 GB):

$ du -hs $(ls -A)
 12K	.DS_Store
1014M	.git
4.0K	.gitignore
4.0K	.travis.yml
8.0K	CONTRIBUTING.md
4.0K	LICENSE.md
8.0K	Makefile
9.7M	PyLaGriT
4.0K	README.md
233M	docs
4.0K	docssite_map.md
916K	documentation
4.0K	lagrit.log
4.0K	lagrit.out
1.3M	lg_util
2.4M	original_pylagrit_website
260K	screenshots
 37M	src
293M	test

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the large git deltas and identify large files in history. Use git filter repo or BFG Repo Cleaner to remove large files or prune history. Consider moving test data and documentation to a separate repository or using Git LFS.
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None
Domain
devops
Issue type
Chore
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Git
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30