From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] git-gc --auto: add documentation.
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:44:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11900187073420-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11900186941912-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>
This documents the auto-packing of loose objects performed by
git-gc --auto.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 7 +++++++
Documentation/git-gc.txt | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 866e053..3643c0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
+gc.auto::
+ When there are approximately more than this many loose
+ objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` that is
+ invoked by some Porcelain commands will create a new
+ pack and prune them. Setting this to 0 disables the
+ auto garbage collection.
+
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index c7742ca..40c1ce4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive]
+'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] [--auto]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ OPTIONS
persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every
few hundred changesets or so.
+--auto::
+ 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
+ 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.
+
Configuration
-------------
--
1.5.3.1.967.g6bb01
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-17 8:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-17 8:44 [PATCH 1/8] Export matches_pack_name() and fix its return value Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 2/8] pack-objects --keep-unreachable Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 3/8] repack -A -d: use --keep-unreachable when repacking Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 9:29 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-17 10:00 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-09-18 3:01 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 4/8] git-gc --auto: move threshold check to need_to_gc() function Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-09-17 9:36 ` [PATCH 5/8] git-gc --auto: add documentation Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-17 19:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 6/8] git-gc --auto: protect ourselves from accumulated cruft Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 7/8] git-gc --auto: restructure the way "repack" command line is built Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 9:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-17 19:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:44 ` [PATCH 8/8] git-gc --auto: run "repack -A -d -l" as necessary Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 9:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-17 19:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-18 2:59 ` Shawn O. Pearce
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-09-17 8:27 [PATCH 0/8] Updated git-gc --auto series Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 8:27 ` [PATCH 5/8] git-gc --auto: add documentation Junio C Hamano
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