From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:05:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug with corruption on clone/fsck/... with large packs + 64-bit Windows, problem with usage of "long" datatype for sizes/offsets?
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1708141802510.19382@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <1232852793.287524.1502435085656.JavaMail.zimbra@absint.com>

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?

Ciao,
Johannes