[git-users] Official documentation about repository size limits for a self hosted server

2017-12-27 Thread antonio . pomares
Hello everyone, I am trying to find some official information about the limit size of a repository. As I have read git has a limitation of 2GB for each repo because if you increment the size it starts to decrease the overall performance. But this limitation is mainly explained in the web based

Re: [git-users] need explanation re git bisect

2017-12-27 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 05:54:21PM -, Philip Oakley wrote: > The key points were that bisect will search *all* heirarchy paths (unless > you tell it different). This means that all side heirarchies are also places > that bisect will search. > > Each time you give a 'good' history point it will

Re: [git-users] Official documentation about repository size limits for a self hosted server

2017-12-27 Thread Mark Waite
Git does not have a limitation of 2 GB for each repo. I don't think you'll find official information about the limits on repository size except in the context of specific use cases (like gitweb, GitHub, BitBucket, Gitlab, etc.) At a previous employer, we regularly worked with a repository that wa

Re: [git-users] Official documentation about repository size limits for a self hosted server

2017-12-27 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:08:07AM -0800, antonio.poma...@external.thalesgroup.com wrote: > I am trying to find some official information about the limit size of a > repository. As I have read git has a limitation of 2GB for each repo > because if you increment the size it starts to decrease th

RE: [git-users] need explanation re git bisect

2017-12-27 Thread Philip Oakley
Hi Marc, Found the reference article about 'git describe' and the way commits can 'bypass' (or appear to) the expected tags. https://public-inbox.org/git/20140422040443.gc9...@odin.tremily.us/ shows the discussion which started at https://public-inbox.org/git/1397681938-18594-1-git-send-email-

Re: [git-users] need explanation re git bisect

2017-12-27 Thread Philip Oakley
Oh, I was wrong about 'git bisect' actually allowing --first parent (it was just an expectation ;-), Though it should, based on a quick search for 'git bisect --first-parent' which gives quite a few mini-scripts to create the appropriate 'good' commit list to see where the defect was merged i