title: How does a Mercurial repository grow over time?
body: <p>Let's say I create a repository, add <strong>x</strong> files to it and commit. Say the size is <strong>a</strong> Mb after the initial commit. </p>
  
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  <li><p>Is there any way to estimate how large the repository is going to be in one years time?</p></li>
  <li><p>If the lines of code has increased by 10%, will the repository have grown accordingly?</p></li>
  <li><p>How does number of commits, branches, tags etc. factor into the repository size?</p></li>
  <li><p>Will 10000 commits the same year make the repository grow (noticeably) more than say 1000 commits?</p></li>
  <li><p>Maybe my question is wrongly phrased?</p></li>
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