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From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gitk normal use on linux repo and severe memory pressure
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:17:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTikoqxRBMQvKRsJ0-vNd+cW5k-jQWw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2pqn667f9.fsf@igel.home>

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> You can start gitk with --max-count=N

Or --since=2.weeks.ago. Of course I can -- and sometimes do. But gitk
defaults to OOMing my box if I forget to do so on a large repo.

> and if you need more commits you
> can edit the current view to increase that number.  No need to restart
> gitk.

Ah, that's news to me! I just tried it and it's... awkward. In fact,
the dialog box seems to be missing an 'apply' button.



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  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-25 17:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-25 15:20 gitk normal use on linux repo and severe memory pressure Martin Langhoff
2011-05-25 17:01 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-05-25 17:17   ` Martin Langhoff [this message]
2011-05-25 18:27 ` Jeff King

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