From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E7AC202AA for ; Sat, 2 Mar 2019 08:27:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726237AbfCBI0m (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Mar 2019 03:26:42 -0500 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:41386 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725986AbfCBI0l (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Mar 2019 03:26:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=QJz+Qnq1zXFKZqwmWCncWMN1hXp1aLSLZDWJzKpNMpk=; b=nyDRu5T2xbDBKiZR08XMjgrKys LEmUTJWJeTz1/7AFyAMS1lZDEBEhdLUpKiqkg//Ucx+FjLdqMAqBiGJq1RnLxiDfurYuz/gR+QaVs ZKek6fJuJMf6kfP7vtHyK6yrU2PiZWdWEo1rYpvtoyK9i8E+2rkWqZ1xkbwu/oMy5ZkJtUzPtmaK0 UIGL4Cn55BcP/CE6d7i7OONgL6F6q0DlbhqeBINVvK5Wv+k/FcxRS7QPTBlq9mTq2K406uXqMC2Jv M0O7cQ3vxolWMMH+k7ITNJRYJTllK2c+hC3cxcIiT2KscUgJdnqQC0VbtrbT3lzmmQcpBG6e/sUt9 zMWb++xg==; Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:58466 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gzzyh-004MK7-16 for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 02 Mar 2019 03:26:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 03:26:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: is it "git gc --prune=now" or "git gc --prune=all"? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org more pedantry, but digging through "git gc", the man page reads: --prune= Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, overridable by the config variable gc.pruneExpire). --prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age ^^^^^^^^^^^ but the code for gc.c contains a check for "now" (which actually makes more sense semantically): static void add_repack_all_option(struct string_list *keep_pack) { if (prune_expire && !strcmp(prune_expire, "now")) argv_array_push(&repack, "-a"); else { ... snip ... while the man page does not seem to mention the possible value of "now". am i misreading something? should the man page mention the possible value of "now" as opposed to "all"? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================