Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/2] receive-pack: hint that the user can stop
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
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- Feb 7, 2014, 13:05 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 7:36 PM, chris <jugg@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster <at> pobox.com> writes: >> Instead of adding a boolean --break-ok that is hidden, why not >> adding an exposed boolean --daemonize, and let auto-gc run in the >> background? With the recent "do not let more than one gc run at the >> same time", that should give a lot more pleasant end user >> experience, no? > > That sounds quite useful to me. Duy, are you up for generating such a patch?
It would not be so hard for that patch. I'm still thinking whether it should be done if auto-gc is started on the client side too (sometimes it does, which is equally annoying)..
-- Duy