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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f59fbb3..eebb0b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ 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.autopacklimit:: + When there are more than this many packs that are not + marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc + --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. Setting + this to 0 disables this. + 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 diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index c7742ca..b9d5660 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] +'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] [--auto] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ OPTIONS persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every few hundred changesets or so. +--auto:: + With this option, `git gc` checks if there are too many + loose objects in the repository and runs + gitlink:git-repack[1] with `-d -l` option to pack them. + The threshold for loose objects is set with `gc.auto` configuration + variable, and can be disabled by setting it to 0. Some + Porcelain commands use this after they perform operation + that could create many loose objects automatically. + Additionally, when there are too many packs are present, + they are consolidated into one larger pack by running + the `git-repack` command with `-A` option. The + threshold for number of packs is set with + `gc.autopacklimit` configuration variable. + Configuration ------------- |