Re: "Argument list too long" in git remote update (Was: Git and GCC)

> 		On Dec 13, 2007, at 14:05, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > After the discussions lately regarding the gcc svn mirror.  I'm coming
> > up with a recipe to set up your own git-svn mirror.  Suggestions on the
> > following.
> > 
> > // Create directory and initialize git
> > mkdir gcc
> > cd gcc
> > git init
> > // add the remote site that currently mirrors gcc
> > // I have chosen the name gcc.gnu.org *1* as my local name to refer to
> > // this choose something else if you like
> > git remote add gcc.gnu.org git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> > // fetching someone else's remote branches is not a standard thing to do
> > // so we'll need to edit our .git/config file
> > // you should have a section that looks like:
> > [remote "gcc.gnu.org"]
> >       url = git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> >       fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // infradead's mirror puts the gcc svn branches in its own namespace
> > // refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // change our fetch line accordingly
> > [remote "gcc.gnu.org"]
> >       url = git://git.infradead.org/gcc.git
> >       fetch = +refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*:refs/remotes/gcc.gnu.org/*
> > // fetch the remote data from the mirror site
> > git remote update
> 
> With git version 1.5.3.6 on Mac OS X, this results in:
> potomac%:~/gcc%git remote update
> Updating gcc.gnu.org
> /opt/git/bin/git-fetch: line 220: /opt/git/bin/git: Argument list too long
> warning: no common commits
> [after a long wait and a good amount of network traffic]
> fatal: index-pack died of signal 13
> fetch gcc.gnu.org: command returned error: 126
> potomac%:~/gcc%
> 
> Any ideas on what to do to resolve this?