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[PATCH 0/6] Handle cloning of objects larger than 4GB on Windows

From
Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 28, 2026, 16:26 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.2102.git.1777393580.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Windows, unsigned long is 32-bit even on 64-bit systems. This causes multiple problems when Git handles objects larger than 4GB. This patch series is a very targeted fix for a very early part of the problem: it addresses the most fundamental truncation points that prevent a >4GB object from surviving a clone at all.

Specifically, this fixes:
 * zlib's uLong wrapping and triggering BUG() assertions in the git_zstream
   wrapper
 * Object sizes being truncated in pack streaming, delta headers, and
   index-pack/unpack-objects
 * pack-objects re-encoding reused pack entries with a truncated size,
   producing corrupt packs on the wire

Many other code paths still use unsigned long for object sizes (e.g., cat-file -s, object_info.sizep, the delta machinery) and will need their own conversions. This series does not attempt to fix those.

Based on work by @LordKiRon in git-for-windows/git#6076.

The last two commits add a test helper that synthesizes a pack with a >4GB blob and regression tests that clone it via both the unpack-objects and index-pack code paths using file:// transport.

Johannes Schindelin (6):
  index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object size
  git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GB
  odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes
  delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizes
  test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfiles
  t5608: add regression test for >4GB object clone
 Makefile                     |   1 +
 builtin/index-pack.c         |   9 +-
 builtin/pack-objects.c       |  23 +++-
 builtin/unpack-objects.c     |   5 +-
 compat/zlib-compat.h         |   2 +
 delta.h                      |  14 +-
 git-zlib.c                   |  25 ++--
 git-zlib.h                   |   4 +-
 object-file.c                |  12 +-
 odb/streaming.c              |  13 +-
 odb/streaming.h              |   2 +-
 oss-fuzz/fuzz-pack-headers.c |   2 +-
 pack-bitmap.c                |   2 +-
 pack-check.c                 |   6 +-
 packfile.c                   |  57 +++++---
 packfile.h                   |   4 +-
 t/helper/meson.build         |   1 +
 t/helper/test-synthesize.c   | 250 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/helper/test-tool.c         |   1 +
 t/helper/test-tool.h         |   1 +
 t/t5608-clone-2gb.sh         |  37 ++++++
 21 files changed, 418 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 t/helper/test-synthesize.c
base-commit: 94f057755b7941b321fd11fec1b2e3ca5313a4e0
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2102%2Fdscho%2Ffix-large-clones-on-windows-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2102/dscho/fix-large-clones-on-windows-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2102
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  1. 0/6 Handle cloning of objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  2. 1/6 index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object sizeJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  3. Torsten BögershausenApr 30, 2026
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 3, 2026
  5. 2/6 git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GBJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  6. 3/6 odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  7. 4/6 delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  8. Derrick StoleeApr 29, 2026
  9. Johannes SchindelinMay 3, 2026
  10. 5/6 test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfilesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  11. 6/6 t5608: add regression test for >4GB object cloneJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 28, 2026
  12. Derrick StoleeApr 29, 2026
  13. Jeff KingMay 1, 2026
  14. Derrick StoleeMay 1, 2026
  15. Johannes SchindelinMay 4, 2026
  16. Derrick StoleeApr 29, 2026
  17. 00/11 Handle cloning of objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  18. 01/11 index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object sizeJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  19. Torsten BögershausenMay 5, 2026
  20. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2026
  21. Torsten BögershausenMay 8, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2026
  23. Torsten BögershausenMay 10, 2026
  24. 02/11 git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GBJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  25. 03/11 odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  26. Torsten BögershausenMay 5, 2026
  27. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2026
  28. 04/11 delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  29. 05/11 test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfilesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  30. 06/11 t5608: add regression test for >4GB object cloneJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  31. 07/11 test-tool synthesize: use the unsafe hash for speedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  32. 08/11 test-tool synthesize: precompute pack for 4 GiB + 1Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  33. Derrick StoleeMay 4, 2026
  34. Johannes SchindelinMay 5, 2026
  35. 09/11 test-tool synthesize: add precomputed SHA-256 pack for 4 GiB + 1Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  36. 10/11 t5608: mark >4GB tests as EXPENSIVEJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  37. 11/11 ci: run expensive tests on push builds to integration branchesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 4, 2026
  38. Derrick StoleeMay 4, 2026
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2026
  40. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2026
  41. Johannes SchindelinMay 6, 2026
  42. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2026
  43. Patrick SteinhardtMay 7, 2026
  44. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2026
  45. 00/11 Handle cloning of objects larger than 4GB on WindowsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  46. 01/11 index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object sizeJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  47. 02/11 git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GBJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  48. 03/11 odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  49. 04/11 delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  50. 05/11 test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfilesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  51. 06/11 t5608: add regression test for >4GB object cloneJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  52. 07/11 test-tool synthesize: use the unsafe hash for speedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  53. 08/11 test-tool synthesize: precompute pack for 4 GiB + 1Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  54. 09/11 test-tool synthesize: add precomputed SHA-256 pack for 4 GiB + 1Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  55. 10/11 t5608: mark >4GB tests as EXPENSIVEJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  56. 11/11 ci: run expensive tests on push builds to integration branchesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2026
  57. ci: enable EXPENSIVE for contributor buildsJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2026
  58. Patrick SteinhardtMay 11, 2026
  59. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2026
  60. Patrick SteinhardtMay 11, 2026

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