[PATCH v2] gc: recommend `git gc --prune=now` instead of `git prune`

From: John Lin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2020, 00:23 UTC
Message-ID: <pull.652.v2.git.1591662224566.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.652.git.1591581739031.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: John Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>

`git prune` is a plumbing command and should not be run directly by users. The corresponding porcelain command is `git gc`, which is mentioned in the man page of `git prune`.

Signed-off-by: John Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>
---
    Recommend "git gc --prune=now" instead of "git prune"
    
    Signed-off-by: John Lin johnlinp@gmail.com [johnlinp@gmail.com]
    
    Fix according to #642.

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-652%2Fjohnlinp%2Ffix-git-gc-warning-message-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-652/johnlinp/fix-git-gc-warning-message-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/652

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  83b7137abfd ! 1:  42aa6380067 Recommend "git gc --prune=now" instead of "git prune"
     @@ Metadata
      Author: John Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    Recommend "git gc --prune=now" instead of "git prune"
     +    gc: recommend `git gc --prune=now` instead of `git prune`
     +
     +    `git prune` is a plumbing command and should not be run directly by
     +    users. The corresponding porcelain command is `git gc`, which is
     +    mentioned in the man page of `git prune`.
      
          Signed-off-by: John Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>

 builtin/gc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 8e0b9cf41b3..74185eac917 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (auto_gc && too_many_loose_objects())
 		warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
-			"run 'git prune' to remove them."));
+			"run 'git gc --prune=now' to remove them."));
 
 	if (!daemonized)
 		unlink(git_path("gc.log"));

base-commit: 20514004ddf1a3528de8933bc32f284e175e1012

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