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How overlayfs speeds up CI processes?


Huge (32gb) git repo full of junk and small files. No power to change it. Created a cron job that updates and rebuilds every 24hrs. Clients can clone it instantly with overlay instead of a 30m checkout and build each time. Not to mention disk space savings




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