Re: [PATCH] git-am: Run git gc only once and not for every patch.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
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> With "too many unreachable loose objects" git gc --auto will always
> trigger. This clutters the output of git am and thus git rebase.
>
> The work flow of the Wine project doesn't include git merge. git rebase
> is therefor used to track the origin. This will produce soon too many
> loose objects for git gc --auto's taste. Pruning the repository would
> "fix" it. But we tell Wine developers new to git to NOT prune as long as
> they aren't confident enough with git; just as a safety net in case they
> have thrown away month of work.
The safety is the reflog. What it refers to doesn't get pruned.
Nicolas
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>