[PATCH] Add a message explaining that automatic GC is about to start
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koreth@midwinter.com <koreth@midwinter.com>
- Date
- Oct 18, 2007, 04:41 UTC
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- <20071018044143.GA24043@midwinter.com>
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- <20071018032307.GA7313@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:23:07PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> It would have been nicer if it said something like "Your repository > looks crufty. Running git-gc --auto..." using whatever terms users would > be comfortable with. Instead, it just started with "Counting objects" > and a long wait.
And as an added bonus, we can tell people how to turn off automatic GC and how to invoke it by hand.
builtin-gc.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c index 23ad2b6..b1159d6 100644 --- a/builtin-gc.c +++ b/builtin-gc.c @@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) prune = 0; if (!need_to_gc()) return 0; + fprintf(stderr, "Packing your repository for optimum " + "performance. If you would rather run\n" + "\"git gc\" by hand, run \"git config gc.auto 0\" " + "to disable automatic cleanup.\n"); } if (pack_refs && run_command_v_opt(argv_pack_refs, RUN_GIT_CMD))
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