# Re: git-svn -- out of memory

3 messages from 2009-02-16 to 2009-02-16. Participants: Alfred M. Szmidt, Sverre Rabbelier, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17823

## Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009-02-16 14:52

Subject: Re: git-svn -- out of memory
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Added an extra 20G of swap, still the same error.

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## Sverre Rabbelier, 2009-02-16 14:57

Subject: Re: git-svn -- out of memory
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 15:52, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> Added an extra 20G of swap, still the same error.

Silly question, did you have a look at how much memory the git-svn
process is using? If so, does it have anything interesting to tell?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

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## Jeff King, 2009-02-16 15:39

Subject: Re: git-svn -- out of memory
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 03:52:17PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

> Added an extra 20G of swap, still the same error.

You might have to also tweak your ulimit to be able to use that much
memory in a single process. Is this a 64-bit machine?

-Peff

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