actually one time du -s was surprising - i'd committed a 700 mb iso without realizing it since no unusual delays occured. the 'append only' nature of git makes

actually one time du -s was surprising - i'd committed a 700 mb iso without realizing it since no unusual delays occured. the 'append only' nature of git makes it unsuitable for this application imo. a sliding expiration/history window size depending on avilable resources is ideal