From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:12:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default
Message-ID: <20282180-d018-47db-a44e-93c53af10d00@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260224-b4-pks-maintenance-default-geometric-strategy-v2-8-8657338c6fa1@pks.im>

On 2/24/26 3:45 AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> @@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ The possible strategies are:
>   +
>   * `none`: This strategy implies no tasks are run at all. This is the default
>     strategy for scheduled maintenance.
> -* `gc`: This strategy runs the `gc` task. This is the default strategy for
> -  manual maintenance.
> +* `gc`: This strategy runs the `gc` task.
>   * `geometric`: This strategy performs geometric repacking of packfiles and
>     keeps auxiliary data structures up-to-date. The strategy expires data in the
>     reflog and removes worktrees that cannot be located anymore. When the
> @@ -40,7 +39,8 @@ The possible strategies are:
>     are already part of a cruft pack will be expired.
>   +
>   This repacking strategy is a full replacement for the `gc` strategy and is
> -recommended for large repositories.
> +recommended for large repositories. This is the default strategy for manual
> +maintenance.

Thanks for these updates.

With this, v2 looks good to me.

-Stolee