Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fast-import: Stream very large blobs directly to pack

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:29:25 -0800 (PST)

"Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]> writes:

>  Documentation/git-fast-import.txt |    6 ++
>  fast-import.c                     |  172 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  t/t5705-clone-2gb.sh              |    2 +-
>  t/t9300-fast-import.sh            |   46 ++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

> +--big-file-threshold=<n>::
> +	Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
> +	create a delta for, expressed in MiB.  The default is 512.
> +	Some importers may wish to lower this on systems with
> +	constrained memory.
> +

Shouldn't there be config variable corresponding to this command line
option, so that it can be set once for [constrained] system?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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