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Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 
> I assume you're compiling git as 32-bit executables on your G5.  I
> don't see any reason why the git binaries would need to be 64-bit.
> 

Well, git seems to assume it can mmap() the entirety of any file under 
its control, so a 64-bit git could handle larger files.

Still, I'm using 32-bit git on ppc64.

	-hpa