Re: git-gui: disable the "loose objects popup" dialog?

From: Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 26, 2019, 19:13 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGr--=+dnNQ-1xOtiQnby6UV8sP9Xapuet3VV7KJxFsZkjXZ+Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <91e5b3b0-08f9-66a8-ebdf-90effd34c888@kdbg.org>

Hi Johannes,

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 8:54 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

> I dislike the popup, too. But I want total control over my repository:
> No automatic compression behind my back, in particular, when that
> expires reflogs, and git-gui does that.

I understand what you mean. In my opinion, An option to make git-gui "ignore" loose objects (disable the automatic check) does not challenge total control over the repository.

> What about a configurable limit, but still show the dialog?

Sorry, I don't follow. A limit to what?

I'm struggling to see the reasoning for the loose objects check (and popup) to happen in git-gui the first place. Why does git-gui take it upon itself to automatically perform this check? Is loose objects a "gui" issue?

Birger