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Hi all,

I would be interested to import the whole enwiki dump [1] into git[2].

This data set is probably the largest set of changes on earth, so it's highly interesting to see what git will make of it.

As of right now, I am trying to import on my local machine, but my first, rough, projections tell me my machine will melt down at some point ;)

Assuming my local import fails, I would appreciate it if this could be added to wikitech's longer-term todo list. If anyone has access to a system with several TiB of free disk space which they can spare for a week or three, it would be awesome. If given shell access, I can take care of this task, but I would be happy to assist anyone attempting it, as well.

If need be, I can get various people from various communities to vouch for me, my character & that I Do Not Break Stuff.

Richard Hartmann

PS: If anyone attempts to do this, please poke me. Either via email or RichiH on freenode, OFTC and IRCnet.

[1] http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20100130/ [2] http://git-scm.com/