Re: People unaware of the importance of "git gc"?
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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
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- Sep 5, 2007, 08:47 UTC
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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes:
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> On Wednesday 05 September 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: >> Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes: >> >> > When git-fetch and git-commit has done its job and is about to exit, it checks >> > the number of loose object, and if too high tells the user something >> > like "There are too many loose objects in the repo, do you want me to repack? >> > (y/N)". If the user answers "n" or simply <Enter>, >> >> I don't like commands to be interactive if they don't _need_ to be so. >> It kills scripting, it makes it hard for a front-end (git gui or so) >> to use the command, ... > > Ok, so add an option or config variable to turn on/off this behaviour.
A bad idea which one can turn optionally off remains a bad idea for everyone that has not been bitten enough by it already to actually look up the problem and remedy.
Make this a warning.
-- David Kastrup