title: git - Limit on what can be stored?
body: <p>I have been having intermittent issues with git.  I am using it to version all of my files that are not volatile.</p>
  
  <p>The error:
  fatal: confused by unstable object source data for</p>
  
  <p>Now, I originally had this problem on another drive and when I did, I saw an error in dmesg indicating that EXT-4 was unable to read some meta-data.  That led me to believe the drive was failing.  So, I unmounted the drive and ran the fsck tools and everything checked out okay.  Do I need to do anything more in depth since git is complaining?</p>
  
  <p>Secondly, I just got this error on a newer drive and did NOT get any errors in dmesg indicating any problems reading meta-data in the file system.  I am certain that no other processes are writing to it as I used lsof.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas on how to proceed?  I am storing large, binary files in one case (several GB) and a mix of files in the other.</p>
  
  <p>Similar post:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4423827/git-says-fatal-confused-by-unstable-object-source-data">git says &quot;fatal: confused by unstable object source data&quot;</a></p>
  
  <p>Walter</p>