Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] builtin/gc: move rerere garbage collection into separate function

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: May 6, 2025, 08:39 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD0cKmL9e18bNGXOd0taahrK4Xx3CG+Z6BqDovAxbq0sYA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20250505-pks-maintenance-missing-tasks-v4-6-141f4df906a1@pks.im>

On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:

>
> Move garbage collection of cached rerere entries into a separate
> function.

Nit: this is also repeating the commit message subject nearly as-is.

> This prepares us for a subsequent commit where we introduce a
> new "rerere-gc" task for git-maintenance(1).

So maybe something like:

"In a subsequent commit we are going to introduce a new "rerere-gc" task for git-maintenance(1).

To prepare for this, refactor the code that garbage collects cached rerere entries into a separate function."

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