From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: Re: git-repack: Outof memory Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:50:55 -0400 Message-ID: <20060918065055.GC20660@spearce.org> References: <450CA561.9030602@gmail.com> <20060917022534.GB7512@spearce.org> <4b3406f0609161946x52a89dd3q6d74127c376270e7@mail.gmail.com> <20060917031853.GC7512@spearce.org> <4b3406f0609170003t63a2f9f4pf2c42faec9746a73@mail.gmail.com> <4b3406f0609170543p68d96b9x9ba0c5a74d9e89e8@mail.gmail.com> <20060918002357.GA19727@spearce.org> <7v64flyjpe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Dongsheng Song X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 18 08:51:19 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GPCy9-0007LN-RP for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:51:06 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965492AbWIRGvB (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:51:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965495AbWIRGvA (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:51:00 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:48073 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965492AbWIRGvA (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:51:00 -0400 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GPCy1-0002dV-3b; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:50:57 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A05E620E48E; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:50:55 -0400 (EDT) To: Junio C Hamano Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7v64flyjpe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > Shawn Pearce writes: > > > ... I fear that > > you are going to bump up against address space limitations soon > > on 32 bit systems. Then you will bump up against the 4 GiB pack > > file size limit. Which means you will need to use several packs > > and avoid the '-a' flag when calling git-repack. > > I presume that you are hinting that we would need to update > git-repack so that it is still useful without --all. Yes. :-) Apparently the Porcelain level is still open for debate. Someone just needs to post a reasonable implementation to get discussion (or lack there of) going. I'm too tired right now to try to roll something up right, even though it looks to be rather simple. As it is I'm having a difficult time navigating in vi to write this email and normally vi navigation is as easy as breathing for me... > I think pack-objects --unpacked=active-pack is ready, so I'll > push it out. Thanks; I noticed that in your "What's in git.git" announcement. -- Shawn.