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index 3b2a1e32..20271845 100644
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@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ Given:
that don't contain a build. If there are, cut those out of your
range -- they'll just be in the way.
+ Example:
+ $ git log --oneline
+ 0777cd0 source-hash-b800d0b6ad74ce4a9adb23b865dd174d1eefa47b
+ cc9a130 source-hash-12bcfec04fcbe6425e327109ad47cd2b2b80d2bd
+ ...
+ 812c4a4 source-hash-dea4a3b9d7182700abeb4dc756a24a9e8dea8474
+ b6c93c8 root
+
+ Use the range: 812c4a4..0777cd0
+
3) cd into Combined (we'll run mergeranges from there)
4) Add Alice, Bob as remotes
@@ -215,6 +225,10 @@ Given:
Starting size: 8.4GB
After gc: 8.3GB
+ (Testing with a smaller merged repo:
+ Starting size: 3.8GB
+ After gc: 3.7GB)
+
4) Upload/save a copy before aggressively gc'ing the thing
5) (OPTIONAL) git gc --aggressive