Cow 7z — Holy

A decade of Git history for a major open-source project—full of text files, JSON, and XML. Tar.gz gives you a 4 GB file. 7z gives you a file. The phrase appears on every DevOps Slack channel.

If you browse certain corners of the internet—archive.org, Reddit’s r/DataHoarder, or private torrent trackers—you’ll notice a pattern. The most valuable, dense collections are always in 7z format. Holy Cow 7z

Ready to witness the miracle yourself? Follow these steps using the official 7-Zip app (Windows) or p7zip (Linux/macOS). A decade of Git history for a major