From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:55:43 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not run git-pack-refs by default for now from git-gc Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070213102951.GA14903@coredump.intra.peff.net> Hi, On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:03:32AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > It seems to me that the reason are dumb transports, which are very > > likely to run only from bare repositories. How about checking for a > > bare repository explicitely, and only if it _is_ bare, check for > > gc.packrefs, too? > > The way you have stated it, I think we will get a lot of "I set > gc.packrefs, but it doesn't do anything!" complaints. I think a > tri-state "yes/no/notbare" defaulting to "notbare" makes more sense. But > maybe you meant the other way around in the first place. No, I meant it as you understood it. But your solution is evidently way more elegant. Ciao, Dscho