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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>2008-03-19 17:06:11 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-03-19 17:30:53 -0700
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make it easier for people who just want to get rid of 'git gc --auto'
Give a direct hint to those who feel highly annoyed by the auto gc behavior. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@ created from prior invocations of linkgit:git-add[1].
Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within
each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good
-operating performance. Some git commands may automatically run
-`git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag below for details.
+operating performance.
+
+Some git commands may automatically run `git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag
+below for details. If you know what you're doing and all you want is to
+disable this behavior permanently without further considerations, just do:
+
+----------------------
+$ git config --global gc.auto 0
+----------------------
OPTIONS
-------