ds/maintenance-part-3 (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2020, #02; Mon, 9))

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 10, 2020, 13:31 UTC
Message-ID: <d0123439-236c-1a62-294b-a3373465eadb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7dqu9jwh.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On 11/9/2020 6:42 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> * ds/maintenance-part-3 (2020-10-16) 8 commits
>  - maintenance: add troubleshooting guide to docs
>  - maintenance: use 'incremental' strategy by default
>  - maintenance: create maintenance.strategy config
>  - maintenance: add start/stop subcommands
>  - maintenance: add [un]register subcommands
>  - for-each-repo: run subcommands on configured repos
>  - maintenance: add --schedule option and config
>  - maintenance: optionally skip --auto process
>  (this branch is used by ds/maintenance-part-4.)
> 
>  Parts of "git maintenance" to ease writing crontab entries (and
>  other scheduling system configuration) for it.
> 
>  Will merge to 'next'?

This hasn't changed for a while, and part-4 is also sitting after some initial feedback. I'd love for others to test these background maintenance activities in their home forks. I certainly have on all three platforms.

Perhaps part-3 could merge to 'next' soonish? I know we discussed only merging part-3 and part-4 to 'master' at the same time, but it would be good to have part-3 start cooking in 'next' sooner than later, right?

Thanks, -Stolee