Phil Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I keep having git-repack run out of virtual memory ( 32 bit system ) > when trying to repack my linux kernel repo. It keeps making it right > up to 99% then barfing saying mmap failed: Cannot allocate memory. > > I thought I could help this by limiting the pack size, and using > --window-memory to limit the memory usage, but it still happens with > this full command line: > > git repack -a -d --max-pack-size=500m -f -F --depth=20 --window=250 > --window-memory=500m > > The key factor seems to be the --window... with 50 it works fine, but > with 100 or more, even with the very low --window-memory limit, it > crashes. Unfortunately, that is totally expected. Window tells us to keep enough information to compare with that many objects in-core. I do not think max-pack-size would affect much. -- 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