git bash - Changing the maximum number of open files using - $ ulimit -Hn

[j450h1]

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

64 bit

$ git --version --build-options

**
 git version 2.23.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 4db2e5cc9e1522131a039cbad3970f147a39f0ce
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
 **

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

Windows Server 2019

$ cmd.exe /c ver

** Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.737]
 **

• What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
  defaults?

defaults

# One of the following:
> type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

** insert your machine's response here **

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

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Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

** Git Bash**

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

** ulimit -Hn **

I get 3200. I just upped my RAM from 15 GB to 30 GB and expected it to increase the maximum limit but it has stayed the exac same.
I change this by typing
ulimit -n 3200
Can this maximum be increased somehow by modifying something? In linux there is no such limit of 3200 that I'm aware of.

[PhilipOakley]

is this really a Git issue, or an issue with the bash on windows?

Git for Windows does not claim to be a full fledged Linux system. It's just a minimal, sufficient, set of packages to bring Git to Windows.

[dscho]

The ulimit numbers will only be heeded by the MSYS2 components of Git for Windows, i.e. Bash and Perl scripts as well as OpenSSH. Git itself will not heed them.

The answer to your question, if you still want to pursue it in such a limited scenario, would lie within the documentation of the Cygwin project: MSYS2 is a friendly fork of Cygwin.

[j450h1]

Thanks @dscho for pointing me in the right direction.