{
        unsigned int i, wo_end, last_untagged;
 
-       struct object_entry **wo = xmalloc(to_pack.nr_objects * sizeof(*wo));
+       struct object_entry **wo;
        struct object_entry *objects = to_pack.objects;
 
        for (i = 0; i < to_pack.nr_objects; i++) {
         * Give the objects in the original recency order until
         * we see a tagged tip.
         */
+       ALLOC_ARRAY(wo, to_pack.nr_objects);
        for (i = wo_end = 0; i < to_pack.nr_objects; i++) {
                if (objects[i].tagged)
                        break;
        return reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header);
 }
 
+static const char no_split_warning[] = N_(
+"disabling bitmap writing, packs are split due to pack.packSizeLimit"
+);
+
 static void write_pack_file(void)
 {
        uint32_t i = 0, j;
 
        if (progress > pack_to_stdout)
                progress_state = start_progress(_("Writing objects"), nr_result);
-       written_list = xmalloc(to_pack.nr_objects * sizeof(*written_list));
+       ALLOC_ARRAY(written_list, to_pack.nr_objects);
        write_order = compute_write_order();
 
        do {
                        fixup_pack_header_footer(fd, sha1, pack_tmp_name,
                                                 nr_written, sha1, offset);
                        close(fd);
-                       write_bitmap_index = 0;
+                       if (write_bitmap_index) {
+                               warning(_(no_split_warning));
+                               write_bitmap_index = 0;
+                       }
                }
 
                if (!pack_to_stdout) {
        if (!to_pack.nr_objects || !window || !depth)
                return;
 
-       delta_list = xmalloc(to_pack.nr_objects * sizeof(*delta_list));
+       ALLOC_ARRAY(delta_list, to_pack.nr_objects);
        nr_deltas = n = 0;
 
        for (i = 0; i < to_pack.nr_objects; i++) {