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Re: [PATCH] Add commands that git-gc runs underneath

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 30, 2007, 10:08 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0708301107320.28586@racer.site>
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<lkbtwek0.fsf@cante.net>
Hi,
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Jari Aalto wrote:
> git-gc is a higher level utility to "do the right thing". However there 
> are many other lower level utilities for the house keeping and it is not 
> clear what git-gc actually does. Adding the actual lower level command 
> and their parameters explain "what's going on".x

Isn't the whole purpose of git-gc to make it _unnecessary_ to know which lowlevel commands are run?

NACK.

Ciao, Dscho

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  5. Andreas EricssonAug 30, 2007
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