What does the value of the size column for folders represent?

[jean-christophe manciot]

Hi there,
The value shown for files is as expected the ... exact size of the
files in bytes.
But I cannot make sense of that value for folders.

Here is an example at https://git.sdxlive.com/PPA/tree/Ubuntu/pool/stable/l
- linux-signed folder has the size '5267'
- its contents total size is ~ 302 MB (as shown by du on a cloned repository)
- it contains 62 files

Is this an issue or is the cgit size showing something else for folders?
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Jean-Christophe