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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: introduce -L<imit> option to workaround memory leaks
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:36:36 -0400
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On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:28:37PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> This stupid patch on top of yours seems to make git happier. It's 
> disgusting, I know, but it just repacks things every kilo-commit.
> 
> I actually think that I found a real ext3 performance bug from trying to 
> determine why git sometimes slows down ridiculously when the tree has been 
> allowed to go too long without a repack.

Do you have dir_index (the hashed btree) feature enabled by any chance?

						- Ted