Re: "Argument list too long" in git remote update (Was: Git and GCC)
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- Derek Fawcus <dfawcus@cisco.com>
- Date
- Dec 18, 2007, 01:34 UTC
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- <20071218013401.A1716@edi-view2.cisco.com>
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- <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0712171455220.21557@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 03:01:25PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> > > With git version 1.5.3.6 on Mac OS X, this results in: > > potomac%:~/gcc%git remote update > > Updating gcc.gnu.org > > /opt/git/bin/git-fetch: line 220: /opt/git/bin/git: Argument list too long
> But maybe there is some way to raise the argument size limit on OS X.
Well the certification for Leopard claims it can be up to 256k.
I don't know about Tiger or earlier, but ARG_MAX on my 10.4 box is also (256 * 1024).
So - how much do people want? Or maybe there is some sort limit in play here?
DF