Warning "More than nnn MB of RAM may be needed to manage file ..."

[Augie Fackler]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 04:41:32PM +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> When I add a huge file  to a Mercurial repository  I might get a message
> along the lines of
>
>    More than nnn MB of RAM may be needed to manage file ...
>
> which is a really good reminder about what you might have to pay.   How-
> ever, when a small file is added to a repository which then continuously
> grows from changeset  to changeset  until it reaches,  say,  300 MB, you
> will not receive  the above warning message  even though  this file will
> not be pullable from older hosts not equipped with enough RAM.
>
> Is it possible  to also receive such a warning message  when an existing
> file grows beyond easily manageable limits?

Not a bad idea. File a feature request bug? https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/

>
> Sincerely,
>   Rainer
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