Re: Bug with corruption on clone/fsck/... with large packs + 64-bit Windows, problem with usage of "long" datatype for sizes/offsets?

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Aug 14, 2017, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaYi=mqw615ZHiNAbDdnnKLawzZDy3ecLYDVV=e7e5qbQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1708141802510.19382@virtualbox>

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi Christoph,
>
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann wrote:
>
>> on Windows 64-bit, for a repository having a .pack file > 4GB I get
>> during cloning:
>
> The reason is Git's source code that over-uses the `unsigned long`
> datatype.
>
> In a nearby-thread, an underappreciated effort by Martin Koegler is
> underway to get the ball rolling in getting it fixed. Maybe you can help
> making Martin a lot more welcome on the Git mailing list, and maybe even
> help getting his patches reviewed and integrated?

'nearby' as in [1] ;-)

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/1502527643-21944-1-git-send-email-martin@mail.zuhause/

I had the impression the review is going well there?

>
> Ciao,
> Johannes