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Why gc --auto is called so rarely?

Subject: Why gc --auto is called so rarely?

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Ilya Kantor· Nov 19, 2017, 14:55 UTC · lore

Hello,

I tried to find places where git gc --auto is called, and found that there's only a few.

First, in *some* merges. That is, if there was a conflict during the merge, that is resolved, then it's not called.

Then in
* receive-pack
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Is there any logic in such assignments? Why there?

In particular, gc --auto was called in commits earlier, but not in the recent versions of git.

--- Best Regards, Ilya Kantor

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