How big is a Git commit?

[u/fagnerbrack]

https://ratfactor.com/cards/git-commit-size

[u/ggnndd12]

2cm

[u/obsidianih → u/ggnndd12]

Perfectly average size imo

[u/Consibl → u/obsidianih]

It was bigger before, I swear.

[u/cornovum77]

I think most of these files are 4K because that is the smallest block allocation. ‘du’ shows block space.

[u/EnderAvni → u/cornovum77]

I could be wrong, but do you mean page size or block allocation? I think on the heap it's like 8b minimum or something

[u/International_Sky526 → u/EnderAvni]

block allocation, not page size. the 4k is the filesystem block size, which is the default on ext4 and the default cluster size on ntfs. it only happens to match the 4k memory page size on x86, they are unrelated things. a 100 byte file still takes one whole 4k block on disk. du reports allocated blocks, while du --apparent-size or ls -l shows the real byte count.

[u/foonek → u/EnderAvni]

On your disk

[u/EyesOfTheConcord]

1.2530 rem

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[u/iLukey]

A little bit smaller when it's cold.

[u/hikingsticks]

Mine is definitely above 6 inches, you just have to measure from the base.

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[u/kegster2]

4

[u/AAPL_]

bout half foot

[u/kegster2]

The size between your middle finger knuckle and the tip of your finger

[u/Mistr_John_Alex]

Most people assume a commit's size tracks the files changed, but the commit itself is just a small object holding the tree, parent, author, and message. The size you get from the object inspection command is that object, not the diff or the blobs that hold file contents. A tiny change and a huge change can produce nearly the same commit size; what grows is usually the number of parents or the message length. Are you trying to estimate repo size for a migration, or just figure out what an individual commit weighs?

[u/armahillo → u/Mistr_John_Alex]

nah, it’s more like 3-4 meters

[u/AAPL_ → u/Mistr_John_Alex]

lick my ass