> Have you tried something like this?

quoted text
>

>        [core]

>                packedGitWindowSize = 16m

>                packedGitLimit = 64m

>

>        [pack]

>                threads = 1

>                windowMemory = 64m

>                deltaCacheSize = 1m

>

> On a 64 bit system packedGitWindowSize and packedGitLimit have very

> large thresholds which will cause it to mmap in the entire pack file.

> You may need to try even smaller settings than these; 256m physical

> memory isn't a lot when dealing with a repository 180m in size.

> Especially on a 64 bit system.

I just went as low as:
[core]

        packedGitWindowSize = 1m

        packedGitLimit = 4m

[pack]

        threads = 1

        windowMemory = 4m

        deltaCacheSize = 128k
And it didn't make a dent in memory usage. Server is still swapping

within ~10 seconds of starting object compression.
I'm starting to think repacking is just not feasible on a 64-bit

server with 256MB of RAM (which is a very popular configuration in the

VPS market).
Thanks!
Ken

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