Here's a big clue. When I repack the 300MB file the process grows to 4.8GB When I repack the 2,000MB file the process grows to 3.3GB In both cases the last 10% of the repack is taking as much time as the first 90%. At the end I am packing 60 objects/sec. In the beginning i was packing 1,000s of objects per second. I'm not swapping jonsmirl@terra:/video/gcc/.git/objects/pack/foo$ vmstat 1 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 2 0 1416 25668 3904 2756404 0 0 62 45 115 398 6 0 93 1 3 0 1416 26880 3900 2754852 0 0 0 0 414 2453 26 1 73 0 2 0 1416 26880 3900 2754852 0 0 0 0 472 3518 26 1 73 0 4 0 1416 26912 3900 2754768 0 0 0 0 394 1642 26 1 74 0 2 0 1416 26912 3900 2754768 0 0 0 0 401 1364 25 0 75 0 2 0 1416 26896 3900 2754768 0 0 0 0 456 1922 25 1 75 0 -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx - 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
