This tiny series tries to work around not having enough file descriptors to open every pack in a repository. It is the logical conclusion of Johannes Schindelin's commit fd73ccf2 ("Cope better with a _lot_ of packs"). The patch was prepared on top of gitster's recent two changes to improve error handling in read_sha1_file(). Shawn O. Pearce (2): Use git_open_noatime when accessing pack data Work around EMFILE when there are too many pack files sha1_file.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) -- 1.7.3.2.191.g2d0e5 -- 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