Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The size of objects we read from the repository and data we try to put >> into the repository are represented in "unsigned long", so that on larger >> architectures we can handle objects that weigh more than 4GB. > > shouldn't this be "size_t" instead of "unsigned long"? No, this must be unsigned long as that is the internal type we use. Implementation of git on 32-bit platforms has always been limited to 4GB from day one. This topic is not about changing it. -- 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