# git gc annoyance

1 messages from 2008-07-18 to 2008-07-18. Participants: Mike Laster.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14519

## Mike Laster, 2008-07-18 03:30

Subject: git gc annoyance
Message-ID: <0BEA60F9-852B-45B2-9A9A-173B8C9386AC@metavillage.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/0BEA60F9-852B-45B2-9A9A-173B8C9386AC%40metavillage.com

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Whenever I run 'git gc' all of the files in .git/logs/refs/remotes/ 
tags get touched with the current timestamp.

I use unison to sync my working directories between home and work and  
these files show up as changed unnecessarily.  Since they are all zero- 
byte files
clearly they haven't changed.  It would be more efficient to not touch  
the file if it already exists to leave the old timestamp in place.





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