From 4aeca0e7ccfa0a37e384e2bab1996952be6c7ce3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+orbitalquark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:57:39 -0500
Subject: Updated FAQ mentioning initial Git repository size and how to shrink
 it.

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 docs/faq.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
index 63c0f014..789e3bec 100644
--- a/docs/faq.md
+++ b/docs/faq.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 **Q:**
 If Textadept is so minimalist, why are the downloads around 10MB in size and the
-unzipped folders 10s of MBs in size?
+unzipped folders 10s of MBs in size? Why is the Git repository more than 50MB in
+size?
 
 **A:**
 Each download contains 2 executables: a GUI version and a terminal version.
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ the Linux executables statically link in a newer version of libstdc++. Finally,
 nightly builds are compiled with debug symbols enabled in order to aid debugging
 of various issues.
 
+The Git repository is an export of an underlying Mercurial repository and is not
+compressed or optimized for size. After the initial clone, you can run
+`git gc --aggressive` to reduce its footprint to about a third of the original
+size.
+
 - - -
 
 **Q:**
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