[HELP][COMPILING] Repo Sync, Source Code Size.?

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OJ

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Hello everyone, I am new to compiling and building roms.. I have learned and read many compiling guides for basic knowledge..
My problem is syncing repo and downloading source code takes a lot to download..like near about 20 GB..!
Is there any trick or any option to minimize the download size..Because, I dont have a good internet connection.! :(
 
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OJ said:
Hello everyone, I am new to compiling and building roms.. I have learned and read many compiling guides for basic knowledge..
My problem is syncing repo and downloading source code takes a lot to download..like near about 20 GB..!
Is there any trick or any option to minimize the download size..Because, I dont have a good internet connection.! :(
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Edit the manifest, look in .repo/manifest.xml, there for example remove the prebuilt toolchains that do not match your system. (for example remove all darwin entries if you are not using a Mac) This saves you like a GB or so. other then that there are not many things you can remove that make a difference, as git is already compressed by itself in the first place.

and the source is not 20gb.. it's more like 6-9gb and unpacked (checked out) like 20gb

It's just very big, and there is not much that can be done about it actually.
 
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broodplank1337 said:
Edit the manifest, look in .repo/manifest.xml, there for example remove the prebuilt toolchains that do not match your system. (for example remove all darwin entries if you are not using a Mac) This saves you like a GB or so. other then that there are not many things you can remove that make a difference, as git is already compressed by itself in the first place.

and the source is not 20gb.. it's more like 6-9gb and unpacked (checked out) like 20gb

It's just very big, and there is not much that can be done about it actually.
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Ohh ok.. Thanks.. I will try.
 
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I am currently pulling the lineage os 15.1 repository and it is now over 26 GB so the source code is huge and you cannot change it
 
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    OJ
    OJ
    Hello everyone, I am new to compiling and building roms.. I have learned and read many compiling guides for basic knowledge..
    My problem is syncing repo and downloading source code takes a lot to download..like near about 20 GB..!
    Is there any trick or any option to minimize the download size..Because, I dont have a good internet connection.! :(
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    letmedanz
    letmedanz
    OJ said:
    Ohh ok.. Thanks.. I will try.
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    Plus, it's mainly going to be the first sync that's gonna use a lot of bandwidth/time/resources
    after this you just sync the changes..

    have a look at @reddevil's tutorial here in xda university..
    shows you exactly what you need!
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