On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: > > I'm using git 1.6.1.3 and it seems to be limited to a single core. > Given that I've seen cases where the cpu has been basically pinned for > minutes on end (initial clone of a repository, for instance) has there > been any discussion of taking advantage of multiple cores? Sounds like you're mostly concerned about packing. The good news is, your version of git already has a threaded packer. You just need to enable it. See "pack.threads" in "git help config". 1.6.2 and newer use multiple threads by default. Peter Harris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html