On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:36 AM, P Fudd <fink@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bug 2: git died with an out-of-memory error on the commit: > ------ > # git commit -a > [master (root-commit) 62b52e2] The initial checkin of the whole hard disk. > Committer: System Administrator <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Your name and email address were configured automatically based > on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate. > You can suppress this message by setting them explicitly: > > git config --global user.name "Your Name" > git config --global user.email you@xxxxxxxxxxx > > If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with: > > git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@xxxxxxxxxxx>' > > git(4667) malloc: *** mmap(size=1964838912) failed (error code=12) > *** error: can't allocate region > *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug > git(4667) malloc: *** mmap(size=1964838912) failed (error code=12) > *** error: can't allocate region > *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug > fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed > [Mac-Pro:/] shadministrator# git version > git version 1.7.0.2 Is your git built as a 32-bit program? If so, it can't handle files larger than ~1-2 gb, which looks like it might be the case here... -- Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund -- 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