Re: [PATCH v2] gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" by default

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 12, 2008, 19:59 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803122058430.1656@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <47D83532.70103@nrlssc.navy.mil>

Hi,

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:

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> I think git-prune is seldomly used by normal users for the reasons Dscho 
> described, and I think once the behavior implemented by his patch 
> becomes standard it will never be used by normal users (except the ones 
> who always use --prune for the reasons Geert Bosch described, and 
> they'll probably want the new behavior). So I think git-prune will sink 
> a little lower into plumbing and common users won't need to know 
> anything about pruning, and only sophisticated users will need to know 
> git-prune.

But because we are nice people, we will deprecate --prune before we remove it, should we go that route at all.

Ciao, Dscho