From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:38:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Large pack causes git clone failures ... what to do?
Message-ID: <20100901143819.GI32601@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik2Ms6qjQAaa_H8GGwmTG1fsk+8GR2y7ZmLviY-@mail.gmail.com>

Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm still interested in whether clone from a client take note of the
> pack.packSizeLimit if I set it
> on the server? Or does it use the client value?

Neither.

A clone doesn't split its pack.  It stores the entire project
as a single pack file.  If your filesystem cannot do that, the
clone fails.

-- 
Shawn.