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gitindex: disable git cat-file optimization by default #1038

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion gitindex/index.go
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Expand Up @@ -619,7 +619,11 @@ func indexGitRepo(opts Options, config gitIndexConfig) (bool, error) {
// for the main repo so we can stream them via git cat-file --batch.
// ZOEKT_DISABLE_CATFILE_BATCH=true falls back to the go-git path for
// all files, useful as a kill switch if the cat-file path causes issues.
catfileBatchDisabled := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("ZOEKT_DISABLE_CATFILE_BATCH"), "false")
//
// 2026-04-02(keegan) we are regularly seeing git growing to over 9GB in
// memory usage in our production cluster. Disabling by default until the
// issue is resolved.
catfileBatchDisabled := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("ZOEKT_DISABLE_CATFILE_BATCH"), "true")
useCatfileBatch := true
if disabled, _ := strconv.ParseBool(catfileBatchDisabled); disabled {
useCatfileBatch = false
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