Re: Large pack causes git clone failures ... what to do?

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Geoff Russell
[off-list ref] wrote:

Thanks Shawn,

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quoted

You really needed to run:

 git repack --max-pack-size=.. -a -d

The -d flag tells it to remove the old packs once the new packs
are ready, and the -a flag tells it to reconsider every object
in the repository, rather than just those that are loose.

Ok, will try.

The repack failed with a "fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed", perhaps I
just need to try a machine with more memory!

I'm still interested in whether clone from a client take note of the
pack.packSizeLimit if I set it
on the server? Or does it use the client value?

Cheers,
Geoff