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authorKaiden Fey <kookie@spacekookie.de>2020-11-01 13:47:48 +0100
committerKatharina Fey <kookie@spacekookie.de>2020-11-01 13:47:48 +0100
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## Working with a large repo
This repository is quite massive, because it contains multiple
-subtrees with large histories. If you experience performance
-problems, try setting `feature.manyFiles` in your git configuration.
-Additionally, when using `git log`, make sure to use `--first-parent`
-to get the history of kookienomicon, to avoid seeing subtree histories
-instead of the merge commits that you might be more interested in.
+subtrees with large histories.
+
+If you experience performance problems, try setting
+`feature.manyFiles` in your git configuration. Additionally, when
+using `git log`, make sure to use `--first-parent` to get the history
+of kookienomicon, instead of the merged subtree histories.
## License