From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:17:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let "git svn" run "git gc --auto" occasionally Message-ID: <7vlk6k8fyp.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20080120093436.GA10924@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> Karl Hasselström writes: > On 2008-01-19 19:37:37 -0800, Eric Wong wrote: > >> Harvey Harrison wrote: >> >> > I found 100 was a bit too low when doing some large repos, I've >> > been using 1000. I'd argue that --repack=1000 should be done by >> > default. >> >> I've found 100 for repack too low in the past, too, which is why >> repack defaults to 1000 if no number is specified. I think it should >> hold for gc --auto, too. > > OK, I'll change it. But remember, gc --auto doesn't do _anything_ > unless it's deemed necessary, so it should behave much better than > just plain repack. In theory at least. Careful. I made the same mistake and it had to be corrected with e0cd252eb0ba6453acd64762625b004aa4cc162b. I think defaulting to --repack=1000 is a sane first step and you guys already have most code for it so that is a very safe thing. Switching to "gc --auto" can be done early post 1.5.4, right?