On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:04 PM, David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hmm, doesn't packing need to read existing data? > > Judging from the frequent out-of-memory conditions of git gc > --aggressive, packing is not restrained by deltaBaseCacheLimit. pack-objects memory usage is more controlled by pack.windowmemory, which defaults to unlimited. Does it make sense to default to half physical memory or something? -- Duy -- 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