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Re: git clone out of memory. alternatives?

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 28, 2008, 11:55 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Jeffrey Chang wrote:
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> I am working with a large-ish git repository set up as a shared 
> repository.  I am the only user of this repository, and I access it over 
> ssh.
> 
> I am running into a problem where I can no longer clone the repository 
> on a new computer.  I get a message that seems to indicate that the 
> machine with the repository is running out of memory.

AFAICT the config variables pack.* (see config.txt) allow to tune the packing, even for cloning.

Hth, Dscho

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  1. Jeffrey ChangMar 28, 2008
  2. Linus TorvaldsMar 28, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 28, 2008

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