On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann wrote: > >> on Windows 64-bit, for a repository having a .pack file > 4GB I get >> during cloning: > > The reason is Git's source code that over-uses the `unsigned long` > datatype. > > In a nearby-thread, an underappreciated effort by Martin Koegler is > underway to get the ball rolling in getting it fixed. Maybe you can help > making Martin a lot more welcome on the Git mailing list, and maybe even > help getting his patches reviewed and integrated? 'nearby' as in [1] ;-) [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/1502527643-21944-1-git-send-email-martin@mail.zuhause/ I had the impression the review is going well there? > > Ciao, > Johannes
