Having a chat along with my co-worker he spoke about git-repack. Try to use it: git repack --window=50 --depth 100 --window-memory=1g
for more info man git-repack On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Alberto Leal <albert...@gmail.com> wrote: > One way to shrink the repo size is rewriting your branches. Once you get > the biggest files, try to use 'git-filter-branch' to remove them from your > repository. > > > Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM, agaelebe <hugo.bor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I'm with the following problem. >> >> I have a git repository in a VPS with 360mb of ram. >> >> Unfortunately, I started tracking a SQL.dump file (bad idea, by the >> way). That file grew bigger and bigger and it's almost 50mb now. My >> repository is about 400mb! >> And when I try to run git gc inside the project I get: >> >> Counting objects: 3290, done. >> warning: suboptimal pack - out of memory >> fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed) >> error: failed to run repac >> >> If I try to clone the project in my local machine I get simillar out- >> of-memory errors. >> I tried to revert some commits but It didn't work. >> >> So, how can I find these big files (the different versions) and get >> rid of them so I can shrink the repository size? >> Does someone have a clue of what can I do? >> >> On my local machine I'm running version 1.6.0.4 and on the VPS version >> 1.6.3.2 ( I updated it to latest version to ceck if it would solve the >> problem) >> >> Thanks for your attention >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
