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Re: pack.packSizeLimit, safety checks

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Feb 1, 2010, 16:26 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre schrieb:
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> Grrrrr.  This is a terrible discrepency given that all the other 
> arguments in Git are always byte based, with the optional k/m/g suffix, 
> by using git_parse_ulong().  So IMHO I'd just change --max-pack-size to 
> be in line with all the rest and have it accept bytes instead of MB.  
> And of course I'd push such a change to be included in v1.7.0 along with 
> the other incompatible fixes.

While at it, also change --big-file-threshold that fast-import learnt the other day...

-- Hannes
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  1. SergioFeb 1, 2010
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 1, 2010
  4. Shawn O. PearceFeb 1, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2010
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2010
  10. Nicolas PitreFeb 4, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2010

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