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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-01-21 22:12:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-01-21 22:12:17 +0000 |
| commit | 38c830ef0f91ab29334d9bfc024180ec4f9f3dab (patch) | |
| tree | a260a845d58ef433980d6f43a04b273eb49f684c | |
| parent | c176fb40a52d32edc54843a5b54884cbab1e67e1 (diff) | |
| parent | e08e90edbbd28533f215f0dcf274baefb9fc87fd (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-38c830ef0f91ab29334d9bfc024180ec4f9f3dab.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'housekeeping-doc' into 'master'
Add housekeeping feature documentation
Add documentation about the new housekeeping feature in the project settings page.
See merge request !2371
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/administration/housekeeping.md | 22 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md index 8e259c364aa..5089e1e70f6 100644 --- a/doc/README.md +++ b/doc/README.md @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ - [Reply by email](incoming_email/README.md) Allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by replying to notification emails. - [Migrate GitLab CI to CE/EE](migrate_ci_to_ce/README.md) Follow this guide to migrate your existing GitLab CI data to GitLab CE/EE. - [Git LFS configuration](workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md) +- [Housekeeping](administration/housekeeping.md) Keep your Git repository tidy and fast. - [GitLab Performance Monitoring](monitoring/performance/introduction.md) Configure GitLab and InfluxDB for measuring performance metrics ## Contributor documentation diff --git a/doc/administration/housekeeping.md b/doc/administration/housekeeping.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c27cf1812dc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/administration/housekeeping.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Housekeeping + +_**Note:** This feature was [introduced][ce-2371] in GitLab 8.4_ + +--- + +The housekeeping function runs [`git gc`][man] on the current project Git +repository. + +`git gc` runs a number of housekeeping tasks, such as compressing file +revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance) and removing +unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of +`git add`. + +You can find this option under your **[Project] > Settings**. + +--- + + + +[ce-2371]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2371 "Housekeeping merge request" +[man]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html "git gc man page" diff --git a/doc/administration/img/housekeeping_settings.png b/doc/administration/img/housekeeping_settings.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f7c5bc44367 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/administration/img/housekeeping_settings.png |
