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Re: [PATCH] Update "gc" behavior in commit, merge, am, rebase and index-pack

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 14, 2012, 20:11 UTC
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<20120514201100.GA3740@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 01:36:28PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> > Instead, we could just inform users that "gc" should be run soon in
> > commonly used commands (this patch also reinstates "gc" check in
> > commit, which was lost at the sh->C conversion). [1] and [2] can annoy
> > users constantly with warnings. This patch shows the warning at most
> > once a day.
> 
> I agree with this.  However don't bother making this once a day.  There 
> is no harm in warning every time.

I don't mind seeing a warning every time I run "git commit" myself, but aren't there things which run "merge" and "commit" in a loop? For example, "git rebase -m"? Warning 20 times when 20 commits are rebased seems excessive.

-Peff
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Message 7 of 17 in “Update "gc" behavior in commit, merge, am, rebase and index-pack”
  1. Update "gc" behavior in commit, merge, am, rebase and index-packNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 12, 2012
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 12, 2012
  3. Nicolas PitreMay 12, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 14, 2012
  5. Sverre RabbelierMay 14, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 15, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMay 14, 2012
  8. Jeff KingMay 14, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2012
  10. 0/5 "git gc --auto" updateNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012
  11. 1/5 Add convenient function to do automatic garbage collectionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2012
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 19, 2012
  14. 2/5 index-pack: perform automatic gc, share receive.gc config with receive-packNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012
  15. 3/5 commit: reinstate "gc --auto"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012
  16. 4/5 gc: add --dry-runNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012
  17. 5/5 Update "gc" behavior in commit, merge, am and rebaseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2012

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