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RE: [BUG] malloc error when using large file.

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EPEmmanuel Puerto <emmanuel.puerto@maxim-ic.com>
Date
Jun 23, 2009, 07:05 UTC
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> Many operations in git assume that a whole file can be held in memory at
> once. Do you actually have 2G available on the machine? Are there any OS
> limits that might be a problem?
Thanks for your answer Jeff, 
Yes I have more that 2 Go available when a do it, and after this allocation error if I try to do a 'git add' with a 9Go file, I did not have any issue.
Emmanuel.
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