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Re: git-repack keeps running out of memory

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 1, 2015, 20:58 UTC
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<20150601205854.GA21144@peff.net>
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On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 03:07:16PM -0400, Phil Susi wrote:
> It's more the --window-memory argument that is important here: it is
> supposed to prevent exactly this problem.  I guess I tried adding the
> --max-pack-size as well on the off chance that it would help.

How many processors do you have? The window-memory is per-thread. Try with --threads=1.

-Peff
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