[kzrdude]

a 230MB executable is no fun.. it needs to be read from disk to be executed, and bigger code means worse cache use (for instructions) when running.

[fusiongyro]

It's 115 links to a 2 MB executable. The actual on-disk size is 2 MB.

[ggggit]

Right.

I feel stupid that I did not realise this. I am a big fan of crunched binaries, actually. That guy at U of Maryland who introduced it to BSD in the early 90's is a software hero in my book. For Linux fans, I guess your hero would be Bruce Perens or whoever was behind Busybox.

Anyway I've learned something more about git from admitting my error. Thank you HN!

[fusiongyro]

You know what's funny? I made the same mistake a year or two ago. :)