Hi,
I'm having memory issues when trying to clone a remote git repository.
I'm running: "git clone git+ssh://user@foo.bar.com/var/git/foo"
The remote repository is bare, and is 180MB in size (says du), with

1824 objects. The remote (VPS) server is running git version 1.5.6.4

on Arch Linux on a x86_64 Opteron with 256MB of dedicated RAM.
The clone command fires off some packing operations that bring the

server to its knees:
PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND

21782 kenpratt  20   0  444m 212m  272 D    3 83.0   0:04.98 git-pack-object
The clone also seems to hang forever. Progress stays at 0% for hours,

and it never progresses past compressing the first object.
I've tried very conservative pack settings:
[pack]

        threads = 1

        windowmemory = 64M

        deltacachesize = 1M

        deltacachelimit = 1M
[pack]

        threads = 1

        windowmemory = 16M

        deltacachesize = 16M

        deltacachelimit = 0
I've tries many variations like those, but nothing seems to help.
A "git repack -a -d" only takes 5 seconds to run on the same

repository on my laptop (a non-bare copy), and seems to peak at ~160MB

of RAM usage.
Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated. This repository is still

small -- it will eventually grow to multiple GB in size, as it is a

mix of small text files and binaries ranging in size from 2MB to

200MB. Is it not feasible to clone repositories of that size that are

hosted on a server with 256MB of RAM?
Thanks!
Ken

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