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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 13, 2008, 11:52 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0805131251320.30431@racer>
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Hi,
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Pieter de Bie wrote:
> The documentation for the --aggressive flag was misleading, hinting that 
> running git gc with --aggressive is a good thing. However, --aggressive 
> only really makes sense if you have a bad pack file, such as from 
> git-fast-import.

I disagree. It makes sense to "git gc --aggressive" also after cloning from somebody who did not do so.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive descriptionPieter de Bie, May 13, 2008
  2. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  3. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  5. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieMay 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  8. Pieter de BieMay 14, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 14, 2008
  10. Pieter de BieMay 24, 2008

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