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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-17 00:39:52 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-17 23:12:15 -0700
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git-gc --auto: add documentation.
This documents the auto-packing of loose objects performed by git-gc --auto. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
+gc.auto::
+ When there are approximately more than this many loose
+ objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+ Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+ light-weight garbage collection from time to time. Setting
+ this to 0 disables it.
+
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch