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Re: gc getting called on each git command ... what's wrong?

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PHPeter Harris <git@peter.is-a-geek.org>
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Jun 8, 2011, 01:48 UTC
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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Geoff Russell wrote:
>
> As of today, almost every time I do a git command, gc is getting
> invoked.
>   There are 96 pack files.

That's why. See gc.autopacklimit in "git help config" -- by default, git will gc if there are more than 50 pack files.

Peter Harris
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