From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Invoke "gc --auto" from git commit
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811261335320.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <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