Re: Git server eats all memory

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] wrote:

The standard followup question in your case is: is the repository
fully packed on the server? If not, maybe "git gc" or "git gc
--aggressive" (expansive, but a one-time operation) could help.

Hi Mathieu,

I'll give it a shot when I get back to work.

I have done the following:

git repack -adf --window=100 --depth=20 --window-memory=50m

It greatly helps the compression stage that used up all the memory. The
problem is in the next phase when receiving objects. It is a bit strange
as receiving objects should not take up any memory on the server.

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