Just some random information, that I thought I would share. I was taking a look at how much traffic different protocols take to accomplish 2 things. 1) Sync the abs tree with a fresh pull 2) Perform a 'sync-check' (test to see if there are any new changes) with no updates available. http://stdout.cactuswax.net/cactus/tests.txt I was using fresh checkouts, so I don't have any other data other than what appears above. I would like to test some of the protocols against trees that have updates, git repos with more history than fresh imports, and for potential degradation as size increases. I don't know if I will get around to it though. If anyone else is interested in testing such things, then let me know. I would be very interested in the results.