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Re: [PATCH 2/4] gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"

From
Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 21, 2019, 22:11 UTC
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<4dba2718-9e93-4f07-8f67-f79a8a9fbb0c@gmail.com>
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<20190318213139.GF29661@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On 18.03.19 at 22:31 Jeff King wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 05:15:00PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> 
>> Rather than duplicating the documentation for the various "gc" options
>> let's include the "gc" docs from git-config. They were mostly better
>> already, and now we don't have the same docs in two places with subtly
>> different wording.
>>
>> In the cases where the git-gc(1) docs were saying something the "gc"
>> docs in git-config(1) didn't cover move the relevant section over to
>> the git-config(1) docs.
> 
> Makes sense.
> 
> I think we lose the actual example for gc.*.reflogExpire:
> 
>> -The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
>> -example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
>> -branches:
>> -
>> -------------
>> -[gc "refs/remotes/*"]
>> -	reflogExpire = never
>> -	reflogExpireUnreachable = 3 days
>> -------------
> 
> I don't actually think it's that big a loss. If we wanted to retain it,
> though, it might make sense in the "EXAMPLES" section.

Coincidentally I stumbled over that example a month ago and immediately put `never` into my configuraton for a certain - often rebased branch (something like "pu" here).

> 
> -Peff
>
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Message 7 of 64 in “gc docs: modernize and fix the documentation”
  1. 0/4 gc docs: modernize and fix the documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 18, 2019
  2. 1/4 gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 18, 2019
  3. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  5. 2/4 gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 18, 2019
  6. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  7. Andreas HeidukMar 21, 2019
  8. Duy NguyenMar 19, 2019
  9. 3/4 gc docs: de-duplicate "OPTIONS" and "CONFIGURATION"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 18, 2019
  10. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  12. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  13. 4/4 gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressiveÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 18, 2019
  14. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2019
  15. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  17. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  18. Johannes SixtMar 19, 2019
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 19, 2019
  20. Jeff KingMar 18, 2019
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 18, 2019
  22. Jeff KingMar 19, 2019
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 6, 2019
  24. Jeff KingMay 7, 2019
  25. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 9, 2019
  26. Jeff KingJul 31, 2019
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 31, 2019
  28. 00/10 gc docs: modernize and fix the documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  29. 00/11 gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  30. 01/11 gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  31. 02/11 gc docs: stop noting "repack" flagsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  32. 03/11 gc docs: clean grammar for "gc.bigPackThreshold"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  33. 06/11 gc docs: fix formatting for "gc.writeCommitGraph"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  34. 05/11 gc docs: re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  35. 07/11 gc docs: note how --aggressive impacts --window & --depthÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  36. 04/11 gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  37. Todd ZullingerMar 30, 2019
  38. 00/11 gc docs: modernize and fix the documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  39. 01/11 gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  40. 02/11 gc docs: stop noting "repack" flagsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  41. 03/11 gc docs: clean grammar for "gc.bigPackThreshold"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  42. 04/11 gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  43. 05/11 gc docs: re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  44. 06/11 gc docs: fix formatting for "gc.writeCommitGraph"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  45. 07/11 gc docs: note how --aggressive impacts --window & --depthÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  46. 09/11 gc docs: note "gc --aggressive" in "fast-import"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  47. 10/11 gc docs: clarify that "gc" doesn't throw away referenced objectsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  48. 11/11 gc docs: remove incorrect reference to gc.auto=0Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  49. 08/11 gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressiveÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2019
  50. 10/11 gc docs: clarify that "gc" doesn't throw away referenced objectsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  51. 08/11 gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressiveÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  52. 11/11 gc docs: remove incorrect reference to gc.auto=0Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  53. 09/11 gc docs: note "gc --aggressive" in "fast-import"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 22, 2019
  54. 02/10 gc docs: stop noting "repack" flagsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  55. 01/10 gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  56. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2019
  57. 03/10 gc docs: clean grammar for "gc.bigPackThreshold"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  58. 04/10 gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  59. 05/10 gc docs: re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  60. 06/10 gc docs: note how --aggressive impacts --window & --depthÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  61. 07/10 gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressiveÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  62. 08/10 gc docs: note "gc --aggressive" in "fast-import"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  63. 09/10 gc docs: clarify that "gc" doesn't throw away referenced objectsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019
  64. 10/10 gc docs: remove incorrect reference to gc.auto=0Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2019

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