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Re: Git as electronic lab notebook

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Dec 20, 2009, 03:15 UTC
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Johan 't Hart wrote:
> Is git able to handle 4Gig files? I've heard git loads every file completely
> in memory before handling it...

Right. Sowith current Git you will be able to deal with 4GB files only if you have a 64-bit machine and more than 4GB of RAM.

Nicolas
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  1. Thomas JohnsonDec 19, 2009
  2. Ciprian Dorin, CraciunDec 19, 2009
  3. Johan 't HartDec 20, 2009
  4. Nicolas PitreDec 20, 2009
  5. Bill LearDec 20, 2009
  6. Nicolas PitreDec 20, 2009

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