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Re: Problem with large files on different OSes

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 27, 2009, 14:37 UTC
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Christopher Jefferson <caj@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk> writes:
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> I recently came across a very annoying problem, characterised by the
> following example:
> 
> On a recent ubuntu install:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=file bs=1300k count=1k
> git commit file -m "Add huge file"
> 
> 
> The repository can be pulled and pushed successfully to other ubuntu
> installs, but on Mac OS X, 10.5.7 machine with 4GB ram git pull
> produces:

Do seting `pack.packSizeLimit`, or adjusting values of `core.packedGitWindowSize` and/or `core.packedGitLimit` (see git-config(1)) help in your situation?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
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  1. Christopher JeffersonMay 27, 2009
  2. Andreas EricssonMay 27, 2009
  3. Christopher JeffersonMay 27, 2009
  4. John TapsellMay 27, 2009
  5. Christopher JeffersonMay 27, 2009
  6. John TapsellMay 27, 2009
  7. Tomas CarneckyMay 27, 2009
  8. Christopher JeffersonMay 27, 2009
  9. Andreas EricssonMay 27, 2009
  10. Jakub NarebskiMay 27, 2009
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2009
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2009
  13. Christopher JeffersonMay 27, 2009
  14. Jakub NarebskiMay 27, 2009
  15. Nicolas PitreMay 27, 2009
  16. Jeff KingMay 27, 2009
  17. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2009
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  19. Linus TorvaldsMay 28, 2009
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  24. Andreas EricssonMay 28, 2009
  25. Nicolas PitreMay 28, 2009
  26. Jeff KingMay 28, 2009
  27. Linus TorvaldsMay 28, 2009
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  30. Nicolas PitreMay 28, 2009
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