[PATCH] git-gui: suggest gc only when counting at least 2 objects

On Windows, git-gui suggests running the garbage collector if it finds 1 or more files in .git/objects/42 (as opposed to 8 files on other platforms). The probability of that happening if the repo contains only about 100 loose objects is 32%. The probability for the same to happen with at least 2 files is only 6%, which is bit more reasonable.

The following octave script shows the probability for m or more objects to be in .git/objects/42 for a total of n objects.

m = [1 2 8]; n = 100:100:3000;

P = zeros(length(n), length(m));
for k = 1:length(n)
        P(k, :) = 1-binocdf(m-1, n(k), 1/255);
end
plot(n, P);

n \ m 1 2 8 100 32% 6% 0% 500 86% 58% 0% 1000 98% 90% 5% 2000 100% 100% 55%

Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
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So here is the patch for my other complaint. Note that I fixed a bug in the octave script above, in case someone wants to check the numbers.

I even tested it on a windows VM (as if it wasn't slow enough already).

Clemens

 git-gui/lib/database.tcl |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)