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Re: notify alternative to auto gc?

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jun 28, 2010, 16:27 UTC
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Karl Stenerud <kstenerud@gmail.com> writes:
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> The git help tells me I can disable it by setting gc.auto to 0,
> while the mailing list archive tells me I also have to set
> gc.autopacklimit to 0.  This is fine, but if I do that, I won't know
> when the repo is in need of cleanup.  Is there any option I can set
> to instruct it to simply TELL me when it's in need of gc?

An alternative is to actually run "git gc" periodically, to make sure that git gc --auto is never needed.

I do that from a cron job for example.
-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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Message 6 of 21 in “notify alternative to auto gc?”
  1. Karl StenerudJun 28, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 28, 2010
  3. Karl StenerudJun 28, 2010
  4. Matthieu MoyJun 29, 2010
  5. Sam VilainJun 30, 2010
  6. Matthieu MoyJun 28, 2010
  7. Chris PackhamJun 28, 2010
  8. Karl StenerudJun 28, 2010
  9. Documentation/git-gc.txt: add reference to githooksChris Packham, Jun 28, 2010
  10. Marc BranchaudJun 28, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2010
  12. Chris PackhamJun 29, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2010
  14. Chris PackhamJun 29, 2010
  15. [PATCHv2] Documentation/git-gc.txt: add reference to githooksChris Packham, Jun 30, 2010
  16. David BrownSep 21, 2010
  17. Chris PackhamSep 21, 2010
  18. David BrownSep 21, 2010
  19. Re* [PATCH/RFC] Documentation/git-gc.txt: add reference to githooksJunio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2010
  20. Eric RaibleJun 28, 2010
  21. Jacob HelwigJun 28, 2010

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