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

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PBPieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Date
May 13, 2008, 11:13 UTC
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On 13 mei 2008, at 12:57, Teemu Likonen wrote:
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> This patch might be a good thing. But from ordinary user's point of  
> view
> this raises questions: if gc --aggressive really is not that  
> aggressive
> then the option itself is misleading. Why not change gc --aggressive  
> to
> be really effective? Using high --window/--depth value etc.

The problem is that you don't know what is aggressive for this repository; that is relative to how it was previously packed.

I'd much rather change --aggressive to something like --rebuild, which describes much better what it does. However, I don't think it's easy to just rename a flag, as scripts may depend on it.

- Pieter
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  1. Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive descriptionPieter de Bie, May 13, 2008
  2. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  3. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  5. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieMay 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  8. Pieter de BieMay 14, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 14, 2008
  10. Pieter de BieMay 24, 2008

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