Re: [PATCH] Invoke "git gc --auto" from "git add" and "git fetch"

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sep 6, 2007, 12:02 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709061301250.28586@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vhcm8j1bp.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

>  * This is obviously a follow-up to the previous one that allows
>    you to say "git gc --auto".  I somewhat feel dirty about
>    calling cmd_gc() bypassing fork & exec from "git add",
>    though...

Since all git-gc seems to do is to fork() and exec() other git programs, this should be fine (have not looked at cmd_gc() in a while, though).

Ciao, Dscho

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