From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" 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 Message-ID: <20100204180015.GC18548@spearce.org> References: <1265255308-20514-1-git-send-email-nico@fluxnic.net> <1265255308-20514-3-git-send-email-nico@fluxnic.net> <20100204040046.GR14799@spearce.org> <7v7hqtty38.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vtytxexjl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Nicolas Pitre X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Feb 04 19:01:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nd60e-0006nM-Bl for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756653Ab0BDSA1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:00:27 -0500 Received: from mail-iw0-f201.google.com ([209.85.223.201]:45133 "EHLO mail-iw0-f201.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754892Ab0BDSAZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:00:25 -0500 Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so3236132iwn.1 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.145.5 with SMTP id b5mr534915ibv.70.1265306421730; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (george.spearce.org [209.20.77.23]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm272561iwn.6.2010.02.04.10.00.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:19 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > --max-pack-size=:: > > - 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.