CHAZAL Julien <julien.cha...@atos.net> wrote on 09/07/2012 10:12:32 AM: > I manage a Subversion server (SVN 1.6.9, FSFS storage mode, set up > on a Linux Suse Enterprise Edition) and I usually encounter a > problem when my users commit a set of folders which the size is morethan 4 GB. > > The error message that appears is "Revision file lacks trailing new > line" (obtained with TortoiseSvn client, with https protocol). I > know how to resolve this issue, but I wonder why Subversion doesn't > allow commits greater than 4 GB. > > So, is there somebody that knows the size limit for a commit? Is it > due to HTTPS protocol or due to Subversion 1.6?
The largest single commit I have seen is slightly over 53GB in size. Not sure what the exact 1.6 version was used at the time. The server is a 64-bit Solaris machine. I believe a Linux client was used. I would recommend keeping commits smaller in size, but large commits are possible. Kevin R.
