Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 16, 2008, 16:52 UTC
Message-ID: <g365ov$u74$2@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <lZpNyxfI-KdPeks7z8vB8LO0LOJTHllWcHbQS34JEY4@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>

Brandon Casey wrote:

> Your suggestion of per reflog expiration, along with a default
> configuration of never for the stash reflog expiration, _does_ solve
> the problem. Time will tell if this feature is useful outside of
> controlling the stash reflog expiration.

I think that different expiration periods for regular branches (long), remote-tracking branches (short), stash (never), and HEAD (perhaps longes) are a very good idea.

For example reflog for "pu" branch might pin quite a large amount of non-interesting objects, protecting these unnecessarily.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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