Subject: Re: Large pack causes git clone failures ... what to do?

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 07:38:19 -0700

Geoff Russell <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> I'm still interested in whether clone from a client take note of the
> pack.packSizeLimit if I set it
> on the server? Or does it use the client value?

Neither.

A clone doesn't split its pack.  It stores the entire project
as a single pack file.  If your filesystem cannot do that, the
clone fails.

-- 
Shawn.