Why is this repository 724.25 MiB?

[frogg]

It was impossible to import the swift package via Xcode, because the loading wouldn't stop.
So instead I decided to clone the repository manually and discovered that it‘s 724.25 MiB of size. Why?

[frogg]

ok, the documentation provides a good workaround:

Please use ios-branch-sdk-spm repo with Swift Package Manager


Please use the special https://github.com/BranchMetrics/ios-branch-sdk-spm repository with Swift Package Manager. This makes for much faster installation and a better experience using the Branch SDK with SPM due to the large size of the main iOS repo. The released contents are identical.

Note: The repository is no longer named ios-spm. If you installed using ios-spm, it will continue to work until you have a chance to change to https://github.com/BranchMetrics/ios-branch-sdk-spm. If you are installing for the first time, please use ios-branch-sdk-spm.

[GolfNoiise2020]

It was impossible to import the swift package via Xcode, because the loading wouldn't stop.
So instead I decided to clone the repository manually and discovered that it‘s 724.25 MiB of size. Why?

[echo-branch]

Current workaround is to the use the SPM specific repo. https://github.com/BranchMetrics/ios-branch-sdk-spm

Root cause is we used to commit the release binary to github, this leads to bloated repo history.