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edolstra · Feb 20, 2024 · 0b3c2a8 · 0b3c2a8
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diff --git a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ struct FileInputScheme : CurlInputScheme
     {
         auto input(_input);
 
+        /* Unlike TarballInputScheme, this stores downloaded files in
+           the Nix store directly, since there is little deduplication
+           benefit in using the Git cache for single big files like
+           tarballs. */
         auto file = downloadFile(store, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"), input.getName(), false);
 
         auto narHash = store->queryPathInfo(file.storePath)->narHash;