{"thread":{"id":"19891","subject":"Problem packing repository","startedAt":"2009-06-22T03:24:57Z","lastAt":"2009-06-22T14:53:28Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Larry Finger","Johannes Sixt"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"116733","messageId":"4A3EF989.4070101@lwfinger.net","threadId":"19891","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Problem packing repository","fromName":"Larry Finger","fromEmail":"larry.finger@lwfinger.net","sentAt":"2009-06-22T03:24:57Z","receivedAt":"2009-06-22T03:24:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"larry.finger@lwfinger.net","avatar":null},"body":"For the past 2 weeks, every pull from the mainline kernel repository\nhas included the following message about \"Auto packing\" that fails to\ncomplete.\n\ngit --version yields \"git version 1.6.3.2.198.g6096d\"\n\n================================================\n\nAuto packing your repository for optimum performance. You may also\nrun \"git gc\" manually. See \"git help gc\" for more information.\nusage: git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }]\n        [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental]\n        [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]\n        [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset]\n        [--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*]\n[--reflog]\n        [--stdout | base-name] [--include-tag]\n        [--keep-unreachable | --unpack-unreachable]\n        [<ref-list | <object-list]\nerror: failed to run repack\n"},{"id":"116740","messageId":"4A3F24F9.2060502@viscovery.net","threadId":"19891","inReplyTo":"4A3EF989.4070101@lwfinger.net","subject":"Re: Problem packing repository","fromName":"Johannes Sixt","fromEmail":"j.sixt@viscovery.net","sentAt":"2009-06-22T06:30:17Z","receivedAt":"2009-06-22T06:30:17Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"j6t@kdbg.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14810926?v=4"},"body":"Larry Finger schrieb:\n> For the past 2 weeks, every pull from the mainline kernel repository\n> has included the following message about \"Auto packing\" that fails to\n> complete.\n> \n> git --version yields \"git version 1.6.3.2.198.g6096d\"\n> \n> ================================================\n> \n> Auto packing your repository for optimum performance. You may also\n> run \"git gc\" manually. See \"git help gc\" for more information.\n> usage: git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }]\n>         [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental]\n>         [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]\n>         [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset]\n>         [--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*]\n> [--reflog]\n>         [--stdout | base-name] [--include-tag]\n>         [--keep-unreachable | --unpack-unreachable]\n>         [<ref-list | <object-list]\n> error: failed to run repack\n\nI'm pretty sure that you have inconsistent versions of git in your PATH.\nYou can use GIT_TRACE=2 to debug this. I think that you should get the\nsame error if you run 'git gc' manually.\n\n-- Hannes\n"},{"id":"116771","messageId":"4A3F9AE8.30405@lwfinger.net","threadId":"19891","inReplyTo":"4A3F24F9.2060502@viscovery.net","subject":"Re: Problem packing repository","fromName":"Larry Finger","fromEmail":"larry.finger@lwfinger.net","sentAt":"2009-06-22T14:53:28Z","receivedAt":"2009-06-22T14:53:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"larry.finger@lwfinger.net","avatar":null},"body":"Johannes Sixt wrote:\n> Larry Finger schrieb:\n>> For the past 2 weeks, every pull from the mainline kernel repository\n>> has included the following message about \"Auto packing\" that fails to\n>> complete.\n>>\n>> git --version yields \"git version 1.6.3.2.198.g6096d\"\n>>\n>> ================================================\n>>\n>> Auto packing your repository for optimum performance. You may also\n>> run \"git gc\" manually. See \"git help gc\" for more information.\n>> usage: git-pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }]\n>>         [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental]\n>>         [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]\n>>         [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset]\n>>         [--threads=N] [--non-empty] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*]\n>> [--reflog]\n>>         [--stdout | base-name] [--include-tag]\n>>         [--keep-unreachable | --unpack-unreachable]\n>>         [<ref-list | <object-list]\n>> error: failed to run repack\n> \n> I'm pretty sure that you have inconsistent versions of git in your PATH.\n> You can use GIT_TRACE=2 to debug this. I think that you should get the\n> same error if you run 'git gc' manually.\n\nThanks. My initial git installation came from an openSUSE 11.1\npackage. I had then pulled the source, deleted the package, then built\nand installed the new version. Unfortunately, not everything was\nremoved, but it is working now.\n\nLarry\n"}]}