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Re: [PATCH] gc: make --prune useful again by accepting an optional parameter

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Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Dec 15, 2008, 21:17 UTC
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Brandon Casey wrote:
> When --no-prune is used, not only will packed loose objects not be pruned,
> but the cleanup of temporary files that git-prune performs will not be done.

I forgot that the temporary file cleanup also honors --expire, so there will still be no cleanup of temporary files if prune_expire = "never". I think the rest of my remarks are still valid.

-brandon
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  1. gc: make --prune useful again by accepting an optional parameterJohannes Schindelin, Dec 15, 2008
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