On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I'm still interested in whether clone from a client take note of the >> pack.packSizeLimit if I set it >> on the server? Or does it use the client value? > > Neither. > > A clone doesn't split its pack. It stores the entire project > as a single pack file. If your filesystem cannot do that, the > clone fails. I've moved the "master" repository to a faster machine with plenty of memory and all the problems have gone away. I was making wrong guesses about the cause. A fresh clone gives a huge pack, but no problems and everything runs much better Thanks for your help. Geoff. -- 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