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

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Shawn O. Pearce [off-list ref] wrote:

Geoff Russell [off-list ref] wrote:

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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?

Neither.

A clone doesn't split its pack.  It stores the entire project
as a single pack file.  If your filesystem cannot do that, the
clone fails.

I've moved the "master" repository to a faster machine with plenty of
memory and all the problems have gone away.  I was making wrong
guesses about the cause. A fresh clone gives a huge pack, but no problems
and everything runs much better

Thanks for your help.

Geoff.