Peter Harris wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > >>Peter Harris <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>True, but he was talking about initial clone, which on the client >>side is git-index-pack. Which is not threaded. > > > Ah. I thought he was talking about the server side. My mistake. Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was talking about the client side, although the server side information is useful to have. I have a 4-way machine as a client, and it just seemed odd that git could only use one core. Chris -- 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