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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>
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Oct 14, 2015, 21:09 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>> Looks good to me. I think the same should be added to git-prune.txt
>> under --expire.
>
> I thought about it, but decided against it, as the command is not
> even recommended to end users.

Even non-"end users" can shoot themselves in the foot. Someone writting a script using "git prune" may actually shoot in other people's foot ...

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