Re: Excessive mmap [was Git server eats all memory]

From: Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com>
Date: Aug 9, 2010, 17:45 UTC
Message-ID: <4C603EAF.10500@dbservice.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiktriuvciNTNPD4941AG3th6rWwUYT4v_UnaAz3@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/9/10 6:50 PM, Avery Pennarun wrote:

> On the other hand, perhaps a more important question is: why does git
> feel like it needs to generate entirely new packs for each person
> doing a clone on your system?  Shouldn't it be reusing existing ones
> and just streaming them straight out to the recipient?

Isn't that something that the rev cache is supposed to fix?

tom

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