Re: Issue: repack semi-frequently fails on Windows (msysgit) - suspecting file descriptor issues

[Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Andreas,

On 2015-04-16 14:35, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 01:48:46PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:
>> OK, at this point in time it's my turn to actually verify
>> that indeed it's NOT the virus scanner:
>> - generate rebase-heavy activity
>> - update
>> - hit issue
>> - unload virus (~ scanner?? I'm unsure on exact terminology to be used ;-)
>> - update
>> - profit!?
> 
> Despite trying hard (generating a lot of activity, with different repo
> projects even)
> I cannot reproduce it in a timely manner,
> thus I'll have to wait until repo state has degraded in a sufficient manner
> for such a larger repack with that issue to occur again
> (probably a matter of weeks).
> Once it happens, I will:
> - ensure keeping a copy of the entire (problematic-state) repo, and
> verify reproducibility of its (copied/preserved) breakage
> - unload virus and do other tests
> - report back

I guess the best way to trigger it is by ensuring that a lot of loose objects are accumulated, e.g. by running

```sh
i=$(date +%s)
j=0
while test $j -lt 9999
do
    echo "test $(($i+$j))" git hash-object -w --stdin
    j=$(($j+1))
done
```

Ciao,
Johannes

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