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Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on Windows

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jun 18, 2026, 06:31 UTC
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 02:49:51PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> Philip Oakley has contributed these patches ~4.5 years ago, and they have
> been carried in Git for Windows ever since.
> 
> Now that there are already other patch series flying around that try to
> address various aspects about >4GB objects (which aren't handled well by Git
> until it stops forcing unsigned long to do size_t's job), it seems a good
> time to upstream these patches, too, at long last.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
>  * Rebased to current master to resolve the conflicts with
>    ps/odb-source-loose
>  * Dropped the !LONG_IS_64BIT prereq from the added/touched tests, as it is
>    now no longer needed
Thanks, this addresses all of my feedback.
Patrick
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 27 of 27 in “Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on Windows”
  1. 0/6 Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  2. 1/6 hash-object: demonstrate a >4GB/LLP64 problemPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  3. 2/6 object-file.c: use size_t for header lengthsPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  4. Patrick SteinhardtJun 15, 2026
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 16, 2026
  6. 3/6 hash algorithms: use size_t for section lengthsPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  7. Patrick SteinhardtJun 15, 2026
  8. Johannes SchindelinJun 16, 2026
  9. 4/6 hash-object --stdin: verify that it works with >4GB/LLP64Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  10. Patrick SteinhardtJun 15, 2026
  11. 5/6 hash-object: add another >4GB/LLP64 test casePhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  12. Patrick SteinhardtJun 15, 2026
  13. Johannes SchindelinJun 16, 2026
  14. 6/6 hash-object: add a >4GB/LLP64 test case using filtered inputPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 4, 2026
  15. Philip OakleyJun 4, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2026
  17. 0/6 Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  18. 1/6 hash-object: demonstrate a >4GB/LLP64 problemPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  19. 2/6 object-file.c: use size_t for header lengthsPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  20. 3/6 hash algorithms: use size_t for section lengthsPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  21. 4/6 hash-object --stdin: verify that it works with >4GB/LLP64Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  22. 5/6 hash-object: add another >4GB/LLP64 test casePhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  23. 6/6 hash-object: add a >4GB/LLP64 test case using filtered inputPhilip Oakley via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2026
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2026
  25. How does GitGitGadget generate range-diffs, was Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Jun 17, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoJun 17, 2026
  27. Patrick SteinhardtJun 18, 2026

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