On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote: > -- >8 -- > Subject: [PATCH] fast-import: count --max-pack-size in bytes > > Similar in spirit to 07cf0f2 (make --max-pack-size argument to 'git > pack-object' count in bytes, 2010-02-03) which made the option by the same > name to pack-objects, this counts the pack size limit in bytes. > > In order not to cause havoc with people used to the previous megabyte > scale, and because this is a sane thing to do anyway, a minimum size of 1 > MiB is enforced to avoid an explosion of pack files. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> ACK. > --max-pack-size=<n>:: > - Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB. > - The default is 4096 (4 GiB) as that is the maximum allowed > + Maximum size of each output packfile. > + The default is 4 GiB as that is the maximum allowed > packfile size (due to file format limitations). Some > importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the > resulting packfiles fit on CDs. What file format limitation is alluded to here? It has been a while since the 4GB limit on pack file format has been removed. If this is a limitation of fast-import only then maybe this should be explained more explicitly. Nicolas -- 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