Error during "bzr commit" ERROR: exceptions.MemoryError

I got this same bug.

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C:\Program Files\Bazaar>bzr commit D:/Folder -m "comments"
FTP <email address hidden> password:
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.MemoryError:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 857, in run_bzr_catch_errors
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 797, in run_bzr
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 499, in run_argv_aliases
  File "bzrlib\builtins.pyo", line 2290, in run
  File "bzrlib\decorators.pyo", line 192, in write_locked
  File "bzrlib\workingtree_4.pyo", line 242, in commit
  File "bzrlib\decorators.pyo", line 192, in write_locked
  File "bzrlib\mutabletree.pyo", line 197, in commit
  File "bzrlib\commit.pyo", line 341, in commit
  File "bzrlib\workingtree_4.pyo", line 1663, in _get_inventory
  File "bzrlib\workingtree_4.pyo", line 1526, in _generate_inventory
  File "bzrlib\dirstate.pyo", line 1981, in _read_dirblocks_if_needed
  File "_dirstate_helpers_c.pyx", line 694, in bzrlib._dirstate_helpers_c._read_
dirblocks_c
  File "_dirstate_helpers_c.pyx", line 661, in bzrlib._dirstate_helpers_c.Reader
._parse_dirblocks
  File "_dirstate_helpers_c.pyx", line 583, in bzrlib._dirstate_helpers_c.Reader
._get_entry
  File "_dirstate_helpers_c.pyx", line 502, in bzrlib._dirstate_helpers_c.Reader
.get_next_str
MemoryError

bzr 1.6.1 on python 2.5.2 (win32)
arguments: ['bzr', 'commit', 'D:/Proefschrift', '-m', 'nieuwe versie intro en re
lated en veel refs']
encoding: 'cp1252', fsenc: 'mbcs', lang: None
plugins:
  bzrtools C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\bzrtools [1.6.0]
  launchpad C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\launchpad [unknown]
  qbzr C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\qbzr [0.9.3]
  svn C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\svn [0.4.11]
*** Bazaar has encountered an internal error.
    Please report a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
    including this traceback, and a description of what you
    were doing when the error occurred.

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I got this bug after I restarted my system because I could not commit new files.

When I attempted to commit the files before the restart I got the error "bzr: ERROR: Could not acquire lock File" with File being something in /.bzr/File When I attempted to break-lock that file I got an error that it was used and unable to be broken. So I restarted the system and encountered the bug copied above...

I have a large (>100MB) zip file that I have just recently added. This happened to me when trying to commit:

Committing to: /home/dtx/projects/kidzpicz/
added dist
added dist/kidzpicz
aborting commit write group: MemoryError()
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.MemoryError:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 896, in run_bzr_catch_errors
    return run_bzr(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 842, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 542, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 2698, in run
    exclude=safe_relpath_files(tree, exclude))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 192, in write_locked
    result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 224, in commit
    result = WorkingTree3.commit(self, message, revprops, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 192, in write_locked
    result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/mutabletree.py", line 208, in commit
    *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commit.py", line 367, in commit
    self._update_builder_with_changes()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commit.py", line 672, in _update_builder_with_changes
    self._populate_from_inventory()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commit.py", line 819, in _populate_from_inventory
    content_summary)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/commit.py", line 863, in _record_entry
    ie, self.parent_invs, path, self.work_tree, content_summary)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 450, in record_entry_contents
    ie.file_id, lines, heads, nostore_sha)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 512, in _add_text_to_weave
    check_content=False)[0:2]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/knit.py", line 764, in add_lines
    parent_texts, left_matching_blocks, nostore_sha, random_id)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/knit.py", line 774, in _add
    line_bytes = ''.join(lines)
MemoryError

bzr 1.12 on python 2.5.2 (linux2)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'commit', '-m', 'Added basic dist']
encoding: 'UTF-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'en_US.UTF-8'
plugins:
  email /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/email [unknown]
  gtk /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/gtk [0.95.0.final.1]
  launchpad /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/launchpad [unknown]
  netrc_credential_store /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/netrc_credential_store [unknown]
  pqm /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/pqm [1.0dev]
  rebase /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/rebase [0.3]
*** ...

Removing the zip file does fix my problem, btw.

This is a dupe, but I can't find the original atm

Same problem here on Ubuntu Jaunty trying to commit a 400MB file. My computer has 500MB Ram and 800MB swap. I will try to increase the swap to see if that helps.

It seems to be a similar situation as I reported in bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr-svn/+bug/191731.
We need some form of streaming method of working with these files as was said here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bazaar/2009q1/053469.html