Re: [PATCH] Update "gc" behavior in commit, merge, am, rebase and index-pack

> A few attempts have been made in the past to change 'gc --auto' [1]
> [2]. This is another such attempt.
> 
> Commit d4bb43e (Invoke "git gc --auto" from commit, merge, am and
> rebase. - 2007-09-05) used the rule to put "gc --auto" is "where
> update-ref occurs". I would argue that this is not a good condition to
> run gc, because (at least current) gc is slow. We encourage commit
> often and rebase to make all patches in good shape and this workflow
> should not be interrupted/slowed down by random "gc --auto".
> 
> Instead, we could just inform users that "gc" should be run soon in
> commonly used commands (this patch also reinstates "gc" check in
> commit, which was lost at the sh->C conversion). [1] and [2] can annoy
> users constantly with warnings. This patch shows the warning at most
> once a day.