Re: [PATCH 00/15] [RFC] Maintenance jobs and job runner

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 28, 2020, 14:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq1rn45d5n.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2005272334560.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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>> It exactly is what "git gc" was meant to be.  To put it differently,
>> if you asked any non-novice end-user if there is one single command
>> that s/he would use to keep a repository healthy, it is very likely
>> that the answer would be "git gc".
>
> The biggest problem with bringing up `git gc` in this context (and it is
> actually a quite big problem) is that "gc" stands for ...

Ah, no, I wasn't saying "the single command has to be called 'gc'". I do not care too much about the name, as it will be hidden scripted away.

I was responding to Josh's "We want a single point of entry for all the housekeeping tasks" with "yes---it is not any controversial new idea---we have had such a single entry point for housekeeping tasks in 'gc' for a long time and we are receptive of having such a single command".