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authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2007-02-13 14:01:42 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-13 09:19:34 -0800
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git-gc: run pack-refs by default unless the repo is bare
The config variable gc.packrefs is tristate now: "true", "false" and "notbare", where "notbare" is the default. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ The optional configuration variable 'gc.rerereunresolved' indicates
how long records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
kept. This defaults to 15 days.
+The optional configuration variable 'gc.packrefs' determines if
+`git gc` runs `git-pack-refs`. Without the configuration, `git-pack-refs`
+is not run in bare repositories by default, to allow older dumb-transport
+clients fetch from the repository, but this will change in the future.
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