From: Kartik Agaram <ak@akkartik.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 05:24:00 GMT
Subject: how to keep git-fetch from running out of memory?
Message-ID: <BANLkTinnOTr+PUzBMpx1DLcxs8CVWjy33A@mail.gmail.com>

I have a git repo with some large files that I'm no longer able to
update. git fetch keeps running out of memory:

  fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed
  fatal: unpack-objects died with error code 128

Anybody know how to keep it from compressing the refs into packfiles?
I've experimented with core.compression, pack.compression,
pack.windowMemory, pack.packSizeLimit, all without luck :(