From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] make --max-pack-size argument to 'git pack-object' count in bytes
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:00:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100204180015.GC18548@spearce.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1002041243570.1681@xanadu.home>
Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> > --max-pack-size=<n>::
> > - Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB.
> > - The default is 4096 (4 GiB) as that is the maximum allowed
> > + Maximum size of each output packfile.
> > + The default is 4 GiB as that is the maximum allowed
> > packfile size (due to file format limitations). Some
> > importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the
> > resulting packfiles fit on CDs.
>
> What file format limitation is alluded to here? It has been a while
> since the 4GB limit on pack file format has been removed.
The pack index v1 32 bit offset thing. Which you fixed.
> If this is a
> limitation of fast-import only then maybe this should be explained more
> explicitly.
Damn. It is. fast-import can't write a v2 index. Ugh.
--
Shawn.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-04 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-04 3:48 [PATCH 1/3] fix multiple issues with t5300 Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 3:48 ` [PATCH 2/3] pack-objects: fix pack generation when using pack_size_limit Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 3:48 ` [PATCH 3/3] make --max-pack-size argument to 'git pack-object' count in bytes Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 4:00 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2010-02-04 4:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-04 17:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-04 17:24 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2010-02-04 17:58 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 17:59 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2010-02-04 19:10 ` [PATCH] fast-import: count --max-pack-size " Junio C Hamano
2010-02-04 19:13 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2010-02-04 20:03 ` Ilari Liusvaara
2010-02-04 17:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] make --max-pack-size argument to 'git pack-object' count " Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 18:00 ` Shawn O. Pearce [this message]
2010-02-04 18:11 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-04 21:20 ` Shawn O. Pearce
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