Re: [PATCH] Add a message explaining that automatic GC is about to start

From: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date: Oct 18, 2007, 14:16 UTC
Message-ID: <47176AB9.7010409@midwinter.com>
In-Reply-To: <3391BADA-B5B4-4A8E-A6C0-42169AFC0331@silverinsanity.com>

Brian Gernhardt wrote:

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> I'm not sure telling the users how to disable it every time it shows 
> up is a good idea.  gc --auto exists for the naive user, and 
> suggesting they turn it off each time it happens will just result 
> in...  people turning it off, leading back to the performance issues 
> that caused the feature to be installed in the first place.  Perhaps a 
> message more along the lines of "To avoid this, run "git gc" manually 
> on a regular basis.  See 'git help gc' for more information."

That's a good point. Jeff / Shawn, do you agree with that? I'll come up with an alternate patch if so.

-Steve

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