Estimating NNN/MMM

[John Arbash Meinel]

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> So when I see something like Estimate M/N where M grows to equal and
> then exceed N, sometimes by more than a 2:1 margin, does that mean that
> the initial estimate was not especially good? 

> Thanks
> ~M


It shouldn't ever exceed N, as N should grow larger if M grows past it.
However, yes. N is not fixed, because it is only an estimate, which can
be updated.

Specifically, it is a fairly good estimate if you are working with a
long lived branch, but not for an initial import of a large branch
(little history, lots of file content).

John
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