From: Shawn O. Pearce Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:02:05 GMT Subject: Re: git and multiple cores Message-ID: <20090602230205.GL30527@spearce.org> In-Reply-To: Peter Harris wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: > > > > I'm using git 1.6.1.3 and it seems to be limited to a single core. > > Given that I've seen cases where the cpu has been basically pinned for > > minutes on end (initial clone of a repository, for instance) has there > > been any discussion of taking advantage of multiple cores? > > Sounds like you're mostly concerned about packing. > > The good news is, your version of git already has a threaded packer. > You just need to enable it. See "pack.threads" in "git help config". > > 1.6.2 and newer use multiple threads by default. True, but he was talking about initial clone, which on the client side is git-index-pack. Which is not threaded. -- Shawn.