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Partial clone packfile accumulation causing unbounded growth

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #131679 on 2 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug causes each lazy fetch in a partial clone to create a new packfile that is never consolidated or garbage collected, leading to the .git directory growing to tens of gigabytes. The members address this by folding or compacting accumulated packfiles after fetch operations.

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  • #131679 A partial clone's .git stops growing: lazy-fetch packs fold on update and the commit-graph loop is off (#129712, salvage #129724, #127721)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/gitlock.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py, scripts/install.ps1, scripts/install.sh, tests/hermes_cli/test_gitlock.py, website/docs/getting-started/updating.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #129714 fix(desktop): compact partial clone packs after fetch · superseded by another PR → 4e3fcd5, #131679
  • #129724 fix(update): fold lazy-fetch packfiles so a partial clone's .git stops growing · done elsewhere → add6541, 4e3fcd5, #131679
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#129712Updater/blobs workflow creates one packfile per lazy fetch, never gc's — .git grows to tens of GB (39 GiB observed)
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2 Oct 2026

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