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diff --git a/doc/forum/git-annex_pre-commit_eats_all_my_4GB_of_ram.mdwn b/doc/forum/git-annex_pre-commit_eats_all_my_4GB_of_ram.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..82ca06b85 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git-annex_pre-commit_eats_all_my_4GB_of_ram.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Hi all, + +git-annex basically renders my repository unmanageble. What is the +best and save (!) way to recover? + +Here is my situation: + +I have a fairly large repository with ~8000 managed files taking about +65GB of disk space. + +git-annex worked well there. But some programs choke on the +symlinks. So, I converted the repository to direct mode. The +transition worked well. + +Now git status reports a type change for the ~8000 files. + +But as soon as I run + + git commit -m "typechange" even-only-one-of-the-files + +the process `git-annex pre-commit .` eats 3.5GB of ram, where I +usually kill it, as I only have 4GB of ram.... + +-- Andreas |