On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler<f...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi - > > Nicolas wrote: > >> Anyone has an idea of the git version running on gcc.gnu.org? It is >> certainly buggy and needs fixing. > > It was 1.6.3.2 now it's 1.6.4, practically spring chickens. > >> Anyway... To solve your problem, you simply need to run 'git gc' with >> the --prune=now [...] >> And BTW, using 'git gc --aggressive' with a later git version (or >> 'git repack -a -f -d --window=250 --depth=250') gives me a .git/objects >> directory size of 310 MB [...] > > Unfortunately, git gc --aggressive / repack proceed consume several > gigabytes of memory, which on the 32-bit host sometimes fails. > > > - FChE >
I have a bit more discussion with the git guys (see the git archive if interested), apparently the loose objects are all the user, feature and misc svn branches. I guess they are of some use to somebody. I think git user intending to casually play with gcc (e.g. following the development for a small period of a few weeks, etc to fix some bugs) needs to know about this problem with git gc (blowing up the packed objects to a few gigabyte) though. Thanks anyhow.
