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Re: [PATCH] git-clone.txt: Adjust note to --shared for new pruning behavior of git-gc

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 4, 2008, 06:49 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:
> > But what I was really trying to point out in the documentation changes 
> > was that now _other_ commands such as git-commit are also unsafe since 
> > they call 'git-gc --auto' and could cause loose unreferenced objects to 
> > be deleted. So it is not enough to just avoid calling git-gc when 
> > dealing with a --shared repository.
> 
> Right.  Hmm.  I missed that completely when I thought about prune 
> --expire.

I think that if you are using repository from which other repos borrow objects via alternates, it is a good idea to turn off automatic repacking with "git gc --auto" by setting gc.auto to 0 (or, hopefully, "never" or "false").

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Jakub Narebski
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  1. git-clone.txt: Adjust note to --shared for new pruning behavior of git-gcBrandon Casey, Apr 3, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinApr 3, 2008
  3. Brandon CaseyApr 3, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 3, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiApr 4, 2008
  6. Brandon CaseyApr 4, 2008

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