From: Peter Harris Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:12:11 GMT Subject: Re: git and multiple cores Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20090602230205.GL30527@spearce.org> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > Peter Harris wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: >> > >> > I'm using git 1.6.1.3 and it seems to be limited to a single core. >> > Given that I've seen cases where the cpu has been basically pinned for >> > minutes on end (initial clone of a repository, for instance) has there >> > been any discussion of taking advantage of multiple cores? >> >> Sounds like you're mostly concerned about packing. >> >> The good news is, your version of git already has a threaded packer. >> You just need to enable it. See "pack.threads" in "git help config". >> >> 1.6.2 and newer use multiple threads by default. > > True, but he was talking about initial clone, which on the client > side is git-index-pack.  Which is not threaded. Ah. I thought he was talking about the server side. My mistake. Peter Harris