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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
May 14, 2008, 07:48 UTC
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Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> writes:
> How about dropping the last sentence ("Using --aggressive only makes
> sense if you have a badly packed repository, such as created by git- 
> fast-import.") then?

I think informing the user that git-fast-import may require --aggressive is good. Actually, I like the sentence as it is (the "such as" makes it clear that it's not the /only/ case where it can be required).

My 2cts,
-- 
Matthieu
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  1. Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive descriptionPieter de Bie, May 13, 2008
  2. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  3. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  5. Teemu LikonenMay 13, 2008
  6. Pieter de BieMay 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2008
  8. Pieter de BieMay 14, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 14, 2008
  10. Pieter de BieMay 24, 2008

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