解決方案是在 repack 時, 在 memory scale 使用較小的 memory
這樣就不會因為 small object 太多, 太快吃掉所有的 memory .

語法
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$ git repack -adf –window=memory
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跑完一次 repack 之後, 接下來就可以正常跑 GC 了.
以下是我的 Log
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root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk# git gc
Counting objects: 174589, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed09843)
error: failed to run repack
root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk# git repack -adf –window=5
Counting objects: 174589, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
warning: suboptimal pack – out of memory)
fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed69814)
root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk# git repack -adf –window=2
Counting objects: 174589, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed69814)
root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk# git repack -adf –window=1
Counting objects: 174589, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (169814/169814), done.
Writing objects: 100% (174589/174589), done.
Total 174589 (delta 77228), reused 0 (delta 0)
root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk# git gc
Counting objects: 174589, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (92586/92586), done.
Writing objects: 100% (174589/174589), done.
Total 174589 (delta 77228), reused 174589 (delta 77228)
root@rl-desktop:/data/git-pool/vega-base/trunk#
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