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)
