From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:53:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0805131252310.30431@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20080513110842.GB3088@mithlond.arda.local>

Hi,

On Tue, 13 May 2008, Teemu Likonen wrote:

> Teemu Likonen wrote (2008-05-13 13:57 +0300):
> 
> > But from ordinary user's point of view this raises questions: if gc 
> > --aggressive really is not that aggressive then the option itself is 
> > misleading. Why not change gc --aggressive to be really effective? 
> > Using high --window/--depth value etc.
> 
> I mean, what I'm seeing many places is suggestions to run
> 
>   git repack -a -d -f --window=100 --depth=100

I posted a patch to use 250, not just 100, with --aggressive.  See the 
mailing list archives for the discussion.

Ciao,
Dscho