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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-17 00:55:13 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-17 23:12:16 -0700
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git-gc --auto: run "repack -A -d -l" as necessary.
This teaches "git-gc --auto" to consolidate many packs into one without losing unreachable objects in them by using "repack -A" when there are too many packfiles that are not marked with *.keep in the repository. gc.autopacklimit configuration can be used to set the maximum number of packs a repository is allowed to have before this mechanism kicks in. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ OPTIONS
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 is set with `gc.auto` configuration
+ 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
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