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Re: repository corruption when pushing commits to a repository running 'git gc --prune='

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Oct 14, 2015, 18:40 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> index 5223498..fa15104 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> @@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.
>  --prune=<date>::
>  	Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
>  	overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).
> -	--prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age.
> -	--prune is on by default.
> +	--prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age (do
> +	not use --prune=all unless you know exactly what you are doing.
> +	Unless the repository is quiescent, you will lose newly created
> +	objects that haven't been anchored with the refs and end up
> +	corrupting your repository).  --prune is on by default.

Looks good to me. I think the same should be added to git-prune.txt under --expire.

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