Re: git gc/prune runs again and again

From: Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 3, 2015, 15:21 UTC
Message-ID: <20151103152109.GA15036@inner.h.apk.li>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8DMyjaZ_jKz4B93e6gSgV7ensORqxD-WYOYL9=9SV5tLw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:01:24 +0000, Duy Nguyen wrote: ....

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> > I have a bit of an annoying behaviour in git gc;
> > there is a repo I regularly do a fetch in, and
> > this kicks off a gc/prune every time. I remember
> > there being a heuristic with being that many files
> > in .git/objects/17 as the gc trigger.

(It might be a good idea to use a random slot here.)

...

> > What can I do there? (This git is a bit old, 2.2.2)
> 
> Run "git prune". 2.2.2 hides this suggestion to run git-prune in this
> case. The next git version will show it back.

Actually, there is a 'git prune --expire 2.weeks.ago --no-progress' running under the 'git gc --auto --quiet', and I don't want to drop the expiry time lightly.

Andreas

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800