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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-gc.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 649faddfa6..0fb1d43b2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ If the number of packs exceeds the value of `gc.autoPackLimit`, then existing packs (except those marked with a `.keep` file or over `gc.bigPackThreshold` limit) are consolidated into a single pack by using the `-A` option of -'git repack'. Setting `gc.autoPackLimit` to 0 disables -automatic consolidation of packs. +'git repack'. +If the amount of memory is estimated not enough for `git repack` to +run smoothly and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest +pack will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` +with `--keep-base-pack`). +Setting `gc.autoPackLimit` to 0 disables automatic consolidation of +packs. + If houskeeping is required due to many loose objects or packs, all other housekeeping tasks (e.g. rerere, working trees, reflog...) will |