From: Scott Worley Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 02:12:20 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Say a little more in the README about why this is useful X-Git-Tag: v1.4.3~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.scottworley.com/git-cache/commitdiff_plain/7a5602a89702788c4e5a870c1548ba226cc34e07 Say a little more in the README about why this is useful --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bb0ce9e..fa06db8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ # git-cache Cache git repos, much like nix's `builtins.fetchGit` + +When N applications that need this functionality each implement it without +coordination, the user gets N copies of the same content, wasting disk space. +This is an [xkcd-927](https://xkcd.com/927/) attempt to coordinate.