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Re: git-clone causes out of memory

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CConstantine <hi-angel@yandex.ru>
Date
Oct 13, 2017, 12:12 UTC
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On 13.10.2017 15:04, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Yeah, but perhaps Git could be smarter when rev-listing too and avoid
>> processing files or directories it has already seen?
> 
> Aren't you suggesting to optimize for a wrong case?
>

Anything that is possible with a software should be considered as a possible usecase. It's in fact a DoS attack. Imagine there's a server that using git to process something, and now there's a way to knock down this server. It's also bad from a promotional stand point.

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  19. revision: quit pruning diff more quickly when possibleJeff King, Oct 13, 2017
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  22. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2017
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