From 38f54a46fc08fd4962cc939e6342e034b7219683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 14:40:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] new script to minimize git checkout memory usage

---
 scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh b/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76ca12de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/git_scruncher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/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"
+
+
-- 
2.34.1