Re: Funny error with git gc...

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 15, 2009, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0905152111140.26154@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0905152105340.26154@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Hi,

On Fri, 15 May 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> > 	[core]
> > 		packedGitWindowSize = 16k
> > 		packedGitLimit = 1M
> > 
> > you should hopefully be able to repack (slowly) even with a low file 
> > descriptor limit, because of the total limit on the size.
> 
> I don't think so, because the window size has nothing to do with the 
> amount of open windows, right?

Obviously I overlooked the "packedGitLimit" setting. Still, just a work-around, not a solution that tackles the problem heads-on.

Sorry for the noise, Dscho