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found a bad memory use in git

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Joey Hess 2016-05-12 17:26:33 -04:00
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@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ git-annex should use smudge/clean filters.
be sorted out first; it would not do for git annex adjust to cause be sorted out first; it would not do for git annex adjust to cause
the whole work tree to be considered to be modified! the whole work tree to be considered to be modified!
* When git runs the smudge filter, it buffers all its output in ram before
writing it to a file. So, checking out a branch with a large v6 unlocked files
can cause git to use a lot of memory.
(This needs to be fixed in git, but my proposed interface in
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/294425> would
avoid the problem for git checkout, since it would use the new interface
and not the smudge filter.)
* Eventually (but not yet), make v6 the default for new repositories. * Eventually (but not yet), make v6 the default for new repositories.
Note that the assistant forces repos into direct mode; that will need to Note that the assistant forces repos into direct mode; that will need to
be changed then, and it should enable annex.thin instead. be changed then, and it should enable annex.thin instead.