Re: People unaware of the importance of "git gc"?

From: Tomash Brechko <tomash.brechko@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 5, 2007, 07:26 UTC
Message-ID: <20070905072628.GB4911@moonlight.home>
In-Reply-To: <7vsl5tk1r8.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi!

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 00:30:35 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Perhaps _exiting_ "git-commit" and "git-fetch" before doing
> anything, when the repository has more than 5000 loose objects
> with a LOUD bang that instructs an immediate repack would be
> good?

This may break automation. I run git-gc monthly via cron, but that doesn't guarantee I won't get 5000 loose objects before that. And I agree that automatic run is annoying. Perhaps simple BIG FAT WARNING is the best after all.

-- 
   Tomash Brechko

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