Re: git doesn't like big files when pushing

Hi,

Linus Torvalds wrote:

But maybe it's really the case that you can't fit those 8 objects in 
memory. One option (which might also solve some of the performance issues) 
is to make the window be based on object _size_ rather than just be a 
fixed number (ie with an 80MB object, you'd only try a couple of objects 
around it, not the full window).

Well, doesn't the pack process involve keeping objects of similar size 
in memory next to each other? My suspicion is that the system is running 
out of virtual address space because almost every malloc() will attempt 
to get an entirely new block because the one that was just freed is a 
few bytes too small.

    Simon