Re: "git gc" doesn't seem to remove loose objects any more

From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 15, 2008, 13:38 UTC
Message-ID: <237967ef0812150538n671c22b8gaf7a7b5dcaf68433@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <808wqhzjl9.fsf@tiny.isode.net>

2008/12/15 Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@isode.com>:

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> I couldn't see a test for this, but perhaps I'm just missing it?
>
>    brs% git count-objects
>    161 objects, 1552 kilobytes
>    brs% git gc
>    Counting objects: 80621, done.
>    Compressing objects: 100% (22372/22372), done.
>    Writing objects: 100% (80621/80621), done.
>    Total 80621 (delta 57160), reused 80305 (delta 56884)
>    brs% git count-objects
>    207 objects, 2048 kilobytes
>
>
> And I see lots of directories under .git/objects which confirms
> things.
>
> I don't think I've changed any relevant configuration.
>
> This is with 8befc50c49e8a271fd3cd7fb34258fe88d1dfcad (also whatever
> version I used before, erm, probably
> de0db422782ddaf7754ac5b03fdc6dc5de1a9ae4), and possibly earlier
> versions---I've just started noticing now that the number of loose
> objects has started causing git gui to complain.
>
> (Hmm, I note that git gui reports a larger number of loose objects
> than git count-objects.  Ah, OK, it really is just an approximation,
> so no surprise.)
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IIRC git gc only removes loose objects older than two weeks, if you really want to remove them now, run git prune. But make sure no other git process can be active when you run it, or it could possibly step on something.

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Mikael Magnusson