Re: Cleaning up files reported by size-garbage
- From
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
- Date
- Aug 27, 2020, 17:36 UTC
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- <20200827173645.digsnbu3z4donzno@chatter.i7.local>
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- <20200827171954.GA3970312@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:19:54PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> I think that git-gc will clean them up (via git-prune). It will also > check that their mtimes are older than the expiration time, which avoids > accidentally cleaning up the pack for an incoming fetch or push. > > The default gc expiration time is 2 weeks, though, so you might want > something like: > > git gc --prune=5.minutes.ago > > if you're trying to get rid of them immediately. Likewise use git-prune > directly if you don't want to incur the cost of a full gc/repack.
Oh, you're totally right. For some reason I was convinced that git-prune didn't touch them, but I stand corrected.
Thanks for the pointer!
-K