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Re: git clone dies (large git repository)

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 19, 2006, 10:58 UTC
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Troy Telford wrote:
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> I originally had everything as loose objects.  I then ran 'git-repack -d'  
> on occasion, so I had a combination of a large pack file, smaller pack  
> files, and loose objects.  Finally, I tried 'git repack -a -d' and  
> consolidated it all into a single 4GB pack file.  It didn't seem to make  
> much difference in the output.
> 
> Am I bumping some sort of limitation within git, or have I uncovered
> a bug?

You _might_ have bumped into filesystem limit on file size, or system limit on mmap size.

IIRC it was to be addressed (splitting packs into manageable hunks).
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. Troy TelfordAug 18, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2006
  4. Troy TelfordAug 21, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiAug 22, 2006

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