Re: Best way to optimize a git repository?

From: Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date: May 3, 2008, 10:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20080503100235.GA16989@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To: <2729632a0805021734h72196639x8789a00ce9be4059@mail.gmail.com>

skillzero@gmail.com wrote:

>I want to periodically optimize my repositories even if it takes a
>long time to run the command. Should I do 'git gc --aggressive', 'git

>I also read somewhere (but can't find now) that some of these commands
>shouldn't be run while other people might be accessing the repository.

Caveat emptor, indeed.

I have in my /etc/gitconfig the following:

[repack]
   UseDeltaBaseOffset = true
[pack]
   compression = 9
[alias]
   packall = !rm -rf .git/ORIG_HEAD .git/FETCH_HEAD .git/index .git/logs .git/info/refs .git/objects/pack/pack-*.keep .git/refs/original .git/refs/patches .git/patches && git prune --expire now && git repack -a -d --window=200 && git gc

A subsequent "git packall" does the trick, but this is best done on an otherwise idle repository.

-- 
Sincerely,                                                          srb@cuci.nl
           Stephen R. van den Berg.
"What do I do when I see someone *extremely gorgeous*?
 I stare, I smile, and when I get tired... I put the mirror down."