If that was an actual issue (I doubt it is), they could have done a oneoff repack server side (reordering changesets to optimize compression). Edit: I think th

If that was an actual issue (I doubt it is), they could have done a oneoff repack server side (reordering changesets to optimize compression). Edit: I think the third point would have been enough, network effect for free software is important. Size (reorder your repo if it matters), branching (use bookmarks, not named branch unless you know what your are doing), and history rewriting (use evolve) are dubious points.