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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: git and multiple cores
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:02:05 -0700
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Peter Harris <git@peter.is-a-geek.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chris Friesen wrote:
> >
> > I'm using git 1.6.1.3 and it seems to be limited to a single core.
> > Given that I've seen cases where the cpu has been basically pinned for
> > minutes on end (initial clone of a repository, for instance) has there
> > been any discussion of taking advantage of multiple cores?
> 
> Sounds like you're mostly concerned about packing.
> 
> The good news is, your version of git already has a threaded packer.
> You just need to enable it. See "pack.threads" in "git help config".
> 
> 1.6.2 and newer use multiple threads by default.

True, but he was talking about initial clone, which on the client
side is git-index-pack.  Which is not threaded.
 
-- 
Shawn.