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diff --git a/doc/todo/smudge.mdwn b/doc/todo/smudge.mdwn index e784f746c..2dffc907d 100644 --- a/doc/todo/smudge.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/smudge.mdwn @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ git-annex should use smudge/clean filters. be sorted out first; it would not do for git annex adjust to cause the whole work tree to be considered to be modified! +* When git runs the smudge filter, it buffers all its output in ram before + writing it to a file. So, checking out a branch with a large v6 unlocked files + can cause git to use a lot of memory. + (This needs to be fixed in git, but my proposed interface in + <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/294425> would + avoid the problem for git checkout, since it would use the new interface + and not the smudge filter.) + * Eventually (but not yet), make v6 the default for new repositories. Note that the assistant forces repos into direct mode; that will need to be changed then, and it should enable annex.thin instead. |