[cvsnt] out of memory with cvs log...

[Tony Hoyle]

Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:

> it doesn't have to be a binary file.  I have a very large (1.2gb) file 
> that's all text and has approximately 1000 changes in it that runs 
> forever then gives an out of memory error.  I have NO idea what memory 
> is needed to produce a log and why it would be processing so much stuff.

A log can use up a fair bit of memory as it has to load every single 
revision, compared to a checkout that only typically needs one or two 
revisions at a time.

A worst case for a 1.2gb file would be 1.2gb of memory for the log, plus 
a little extra.

I actually did some work a while ago to reduce the memory requirement 
for such things but I've no idea where that went to... it looks like it 
never got committed.

Tony