Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description

> On 13 mei 2008, at 13:52, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>> The documentation for the --aggressive flag was misleading,  
>>> hinting that
>>> running git gc with --aggressive is a good thing. However, -- 
>>> aggressive
>>> only really makes sense if you have a bad pack file, such as from
>>> git-fast-import.
>>
>> I disagree.  It makes sense to "git gc --aggressive" also after  
>> cloning
>> from somebody who did not do so.
>
> The problem with this is that your pack might increase in size,  
> which you can't know in advance. Running "git gc --aggressive" on  
> the git repo for example increases its size from 20MB to 30MB.
>
> The current wording at least makes it sound as if --aggressive will  
> always result in a smaller pack, which is simply not true.  
> Increasing the window and depth might help, but 250 or even 100 can  
> be too much on any decently size repository.