On 12/11/07, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > > OK, here's something else for you to try: > > > > core.deltabasecachelimit=0 > > pack.threads=2 > > pack.deltacachesize=1 > > > > With that I'm able to repack the small gcc pack on my machine with 1GB > > of ram using: > > > > git repack -a -f -d --window=250 --depth=250 > > > > and top reports a ~700m virt and ~500m res without hitting swap at all. > > It is only at 25% so far, but I was unable to get that far before. > > Well, around 55% memory usage skyrocketed to 1.6GB and the system went > deep into swap. So I restarted it with no threads. > > Nicolas (even more puzzled) On the plus side you are seeing what I see, so it proves I am not imagining it. -- 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