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Re: "git gc" doesn't seem to remove loose objects any more

From
Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Dec 15, 2008, 17:11 UTC
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Theodore Tso wrote:
> I've
> often wished for a --yes-I-know-what-I-am-doing-and-it's-unsafe-but-
> just-drop-the-unreachable-objects-cause-this-is-just-a-tracking-repository
> option to "git gc".
repack -a -d -l
Notice the lowercase 'a'.

git-gc calls repack with uppercase 'A' which is what causes the unreachable objects to be unpacked. Little 'a', is for people who know what they are doing, and want git to just drop unreachable objects.

-brandon
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Message 11 of 12 in “"git gc" doesn't seem to remove loose objects any more”
  1. Bruce StephensDec 15, 2008
  2. Mikael MagnussonDec 15, 2008
  3. Bruce StephensDec 15, 2008
  4. Björn SteinbrinkDec 15, 2008
  5. Theodore TsoDec 15, 2008
  6. Mark BrownDec 15, 2008
  7. Johan HerlandDec 15, 2008
  8. Mikael MagnussonDec 15, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiDec 15, 2008
  10. Theodore TsoDec 15, 2008
  11. Brandon CaseyDec 15, 2008
  12. objects to be pruned immediately don't have to be loosenedNicolas Pitre, Dec 15, 2008

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