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Re: git-fast-export is returning streams with source code inside

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James Gregory <j.gregory@epigenesys.co.uk>
Date
Aug 5, 2011, 09:24 UTC
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Hi Peff,

I've attached the valgrind.out file. If I'm reading the output properly, it does look like it is suffering from a memory leak.

James
On 4 August 2011 19:32, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 10:08:43AM +0100, James Gregory wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I won't be able to allow you access
>> to repo as it is for a business project and covered by NDAs, etc. If I
>> can do anything to help with diagnosing the problem (debug logs, more
>> excerpts from the stream, etc.) then that shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Since it seems like blob data is making it into the stream in an odd
> place, my first guess would be a memory problem. Can you try installing
> valgrind (since you are on Ubuntu, there should be a package), and then
> running:
>
>  valgrind git fast-export --all >/dev/null 2>valgrind.out
>
> and then sharing the results of valgrind.out?
>
> -Peff
>
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