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Re: [PATCH] Invoke "gc --auto" from git commit

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 26, 2008, 12:37 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0811261335320.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<492C9FAF.4090407@gmx.ch>
Hi,
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Jean-Luc Herren wrote:
> As for the performance impact, on my machine 'git gc --auto' runs
> 500 times per second in a loop on the git repository (it won't
> call the hook unless repacking is necessary).
Ummm.

How many people do you think share your luck? git.git is _small_. Your machine is _fast_. It is the typical mistake in IT, not thinking about real-world cases...

Ciao, Dscho

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