The dependencies subdirectory is 138MB of external dependencies for Windows which are freely available elsewhere. This dwarfs everything else in the repository, and makes a Git clone take a much longer time than expected. Furthermore, this adds unnecessary bloat (of the same size) to the Git object deltas, and this will get progressively worse if these files are continually replaced with newer versions.
Assuming the authors agree that these do not belong under version control and should be removed to a separate location...
Unfortunately, it isn't a simple matter of removing dependencies from the tree and committing. In a similar situation with another project, it became necessary to discontinue the old Git tree entirely and start fresh, because even with the files removed, the bloat was still present in the history. There may be some way to do surgery on the objects to fix this but I am unaware of any.
The
dependenciessubdirectory is 138MB of external dependencies for Windows which are freely available elsewhere. This dwarfs everything else in the repository, and makes a Git clone take a much longer time than expected. Furthermore, this adds unnecessary bloat (of the same size) to the Git object deltas, and this will get progressively worse if these files are continually replaced with newer versions.Assuming the authors agree that these do not belong under version control and should be removed to a separate location...
Unfortunately, it isn't a simple matter of removing
dependenciesfrom the tree and committing. In a similar situation with another project, it became necessary to discontinue the old Git tree entirely and start fresh, because even with the files removed, the bloat was still present in the history. There may be some way to do surgery on the objects to fix this but I am unaware of any.