From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:12:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Create 'git gc' to perform common maintenance operations.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612262312170.4473@woody.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061227070541.GA22982@spearce.org>



On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>
> Junio asked for a 'git gc' utility which users can execute on a
> regular basis to perform basic repository actions such as:
> 
>  * prune
>  * repack -a -d

You should do "repack -a -d" _before_ pruning, because then pruning will 
be much more efficient (thanks to a more efficient repo format).

		Linus