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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description

From
TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
May 13, 2008, 15:03 UTC
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<20080513150327.GA8077@mithlond.arda.local>
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Johannes Schindelin wrote (2008-05-13 14:53 +0300):
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> On Tue, 13 May 2008, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> 
> > Teemu Likonen wrote (2008-05-13 13:57 +0300):
> >
> > > But from ordinary user's point of view this raises questions: if
> > > gc --aggressive really is not that aggressive then the option
> > > itself is misleading. Why not change gc --aggressive to be really
> > > effective? Using high --window/--depth value etc.
> >
> > I mean, what I'm seeing many places is suggestions to run
> >
> >   git repack -a -d -f --window=100 --depth=100
> 
> I posted a patch to use 250, not just 100, with --aggressive.  See the
> mailing list archives for the discussion.

Thanks. For easy access I'll paste a link to the discussion. I believe you are referring to this message and thread:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.devel/94565/focus=67275
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Pieter de Bie
Message 5 of 10 in “Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description”
  1. Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive descriptionPieter de Bie, May 13, 2008
  2. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  3. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  5. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieMay 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  8. Pieter de BieMay 14, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 14, 2008
  10. Pieter de BieMay 24, 2008

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