A more "final" version of the tuning exercise I did is here: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-repository/2015/01/08/msg000520.html I did try some of these setting on the server and it made the repo much much larger so I guess I am looking for ways to just reduce client memory usage/the best balance of disk, memory, and bandwidth. If there is a way to turn off some memory hogging speed ups I m interested in trying them. I will try to get you the output later since I have since started working on the server side. Let me know if you want to try some server side stuff and I can give you a git:// or http:// off list. Thanks for looking, Matt > On Feb 9, 2015, at 5:40 AM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:10 PM, matthew sporleder <msporleder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am attempting to clone this repo: https://github.com/jsonn/src/ >> >> and have been successful on some lower memory systems, but i'm >> interested in continuing to push down the limit. >> >> I am getting more success running clone via https:// than git:// or >> ssh (which is confusing to me) and the smallest system that works is a >> raspberry pi with 256 RAM + 256 swap. >> >> I seem to run out of memory consistently around 16% into Resolving >> deltas phase but I don't notice an RSS jump so that's another >> confusing spot. > > Sorry for a really late reply. The command that's running when you run > out of memory is index-pack. I guess it's verifying the delta chain. I > think it needs enough memory for two uncompressed objects (or files) > in a delta chain. I haven't finished cloning this repo yet so I don't > know what these delta chains look like. > > What does it say when it runs out of memory? I'm thinking maybe we > could force a core dump, then look at how memory is used. > > What if you "git init", then do "git fetch https://..."; manually? > There's an optimization for git-clone that may make index-pack use a > bit more memory (and push it over the edge) > >> My config is below and I'd appreciate any more suggestions of getting >> that down to working on a 128MB box (or smaller). > > I suppose it's ~/.gitconfig or /etc/gitconfig, it's not added after > the clone is complete, correct? Sounds interesting, let me profile its > memory usage.. > >> [pack] >> windowMemory = 1m >> packSizeLimit = 1m >> deltaCacheSize = 1m >> deltaCacheLimit = 10 >> packSizeLimit = 1m > > I think many of these only affect the server side. If you clone from > github, then they are useless. You may want to provide your own server > side with these settings and see if things change. Also play with > pack.depth (affecting server side) > >> threads = 1 > -- > 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