On 2012-03-06, I cloned linux-next: $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git linux-next-20120306 I now want to update this repository before posting patches, to make sure they still apply cleanly. I first tried this on 20120328: $ git pull remote: Counting objects: 63784, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (13595/13595), done. remote: Total 45829 (delta 38421), reused 38448 (delta 31414) Receiving objects: 100% (45829/45829), 9.87 MiB | 209 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (38421/38421), completed with 5695 local objects. >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next + 5a377dc...bc6f15c akpm-end -> origin/akpm-end (forced update) 055bf38..de8856d akpm-start -> origin/akpm-start + a568b5f...7734592 master -> origin/master (forced update) 055bf38..de8856d stable -> origin/stable * [new tag] next-20120328 -> next-20120328 >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next * [new tag] v3.3 -> v3.3 * [new tag] v3.3-rc7 -> v3.3-rc7 warning: too many files (created: 1625 deleted: 423), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 5127 deleted: 1509), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1134 deleted: 655), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 4816 deleted: 3510), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1004 deleted: 544), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1734 deleted: 1778), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1069 deleted: 608), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1070 deleted: 764), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 757 deleted: 405), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 980 deleted: 542), skipping inexact rename detection fatal: inflateInit: out of memory (no message) I then "forgot" about it for a little while, doing other stuff. Tried it again today: $ git pull remote: Counting objects: 16816, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1595/1595), done. remote: Total 9491 (delta 7901), reused 9254 (delta 7678) Receiving objects: 100% (9491/9491), 2.53 MiB | 299 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (7901/7901), completed with 3010 local objects. >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next + bc6f15c...73bd151 akpm-end -> origin/akpm-end (forced update) de8856d..1c03658 akpm-start -> origin/akpm-start + 7734592...1dc85fe master -> origin/master (forced update) de8856d..1c03658 stable -> origin/stable * [new tag] next-20120330 -> next-20120330 warning: too many files (created: 1625 deleted: 423), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 5127 deleted: 1509), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1134 deleted: 655), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 4816 deleted: 3510), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1004 deleted: 544), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1734 deleted: 1778), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1069 deleted: 608), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1070 deleted: 764), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 757 deleted: 405), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1084 deleted: 773), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 980 deleted: 542), skipping inexact rename detection fatal: Out of memory? mmap failed: Cannot allocate memory $ git gc Counting objects: 2609985, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (392553/392553), done. Writing objects: 100% (2609985/2609985), done. Total 2609985 (delta 2197683), reused 2602739 (delta 2190459) $ git pull warning: too many files (created: 1625 deleted: 423), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 5127 deleted: 1509), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1134 deleted: 655), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 4816 deleted: 3510), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1004 deleted: 544), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1734 deleted: 1778), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1069 deleted: 608), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1070 deleted: 764), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 757 deleted: 405), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 1084 deleted: 773), skipping inexact rename detection warning: too many files (created: 980 deleted: 542), skipping inexact rename detection fatal: Out of memory? mmap failed: Cannot allocate memory $ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 998920 309376 689544 0 10200 177252 -/+ buffers/cache: 121924 876996 Swap: 2923788 161956 2761832 $ git --version git version 1.6.3.3 I cannot find anything useful using Google. It's not like I'm doing anything complicated, nor is my machine very low on memory. Do I really have to "re-clone" the repository and re-apply my patches every time I want to keep the repository up-to-date? (I've had the same problem before and used that "solution".) Or is there some other way to do this? Perhaps there is a way to perform the pull a little bit at a time, e.g. pull linux-next-20120313, linux-next-20120320 etc? -- Arvid Brodin Enea Services Stockholm AB - since February 16 a part of Xdin in the Alten Group. Soon we will be working under the common brand Xdin. Read more at www.xdin.com. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies