new script to minimize git checkout memory usage

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh b/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh
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+++ b/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# check for whether we see a .git folder.
+if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
+  echo This script needs to run in the directory where a git repository lives,
+  echo but we do not see a .git directory here.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# makes git checkouts not be as intensive on the server.
+git config --global pack.windowMemory "100m"
+git config --global pack.SizeLimit "100m" 
+git config --global pack.threads "1"
+
+