rpm generated is more then 10 times the size of the contained files.

[Eric Merritt]

I am generating an rpm for git using the following command

    fpm -s dir -t rpm -n git -v 1.8.2.1 ./

Where './' contains the output of the `make install` command of git. If I tar up the contents of `./` (created using the normal git build tools along with make DESTDIR, etc) the file is exactly 14 mg. However, when I create the rpm it is 267 mg. This is a huge unexpected discrepancy and I have no idea whats causing it. I would be very appreciative of any suggestions as to how to figure out whats going on. 

This behaviour occurs with the latest version of fpm. 

[Jordan Sissel]

This is because git uses hardlinks to a single binary to execute everything; fpm doesn't detect hardlinks correctly yet so it creates N copies of the file instead.

Sorry about this; I'll work on a fix :)

-Jordan

[Eric Merritt]

Did you get a chance to follow up? I am getting ready to dig in and didn't want to duplicate work.