From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:02:35 GMT
Subject: Re: notify alternative to auto gc?
Message-ID: <AANLkTinGs3Nu-2hFcCSeEZBTT8OhfOG-iu4CNjdG62uS@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20100628T205729-213@post.gmane.org>

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58, Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris Packham <judge.packham <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So a hook like
>>
>>   #! /bin/sh
>>   echo "repository needs git gc"
>>   exit 1
>>
>> Should cause the auto gc to be skipped.
>
> Except wouldn't you also need a mechanism
> to allow an explicit gc to actually proceed?
>

Only if you're explicitly calling "git gc --auto" instead of "git gc".
 That hook should only run for "git gc --auto".