From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: 'git gc --aggressive' effectively unusable Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:14:07 +0900 Message-ID: <87oci0m5v4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <201004030005.35737.elendil@planet.nl> <201004040123.06877.elendil@planet.nl> Reply-To: Miles Bader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Michael Witten , git@vger.kernel.org To: Frans Pop X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 04 02:14:29 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 1NyDTx-0007lX-0b for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:14:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753621Ab0DDAON (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:14:13 -0400 Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:39559 "EHLO smtp11.dentaku.gol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751805Ab0DDAOL (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:14:11 -0400 Received: from 218.231.154.39.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.39] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NyDTb-00015w-OG; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:14:07 +0900 Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 44F6ADF6E; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:14:07 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <201004040123.06877.elendil@planet.nl> (Frans Pop's message of "Sun, 4 Apr 2010 01:23:04 +0200") X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Frans Pop writes: >> > I haven't had the patience to let it finish >> >> There's your problem. > > Yes, I had seen that. But there's a difference between taking much more > time and slowing down to such an extend that it never finishes. > > I've tried it today on my linux-2.6 repo as well and the same thing > happened. At first the progress is not fast but reasonable. When it gets > to about 45% percent it starts slowing down a lot: from ~1500 objects per > update of the counters to ~300 objects per update. And who knows what the > progress is going to be when it reaches 70% or 90%: 10 per update? Are you sure it doesn't subsequently speed up again? -Miles -- Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.