# Why gc --auto is called so rarely?

1 messages from 2017-11-19 to 2017-11-19. Participants: Ilya Kantor.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47239

## Ilya Kantor, 2017-11-19 14:55

Subject: Why gc --auto is called so rarely?
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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
* fetch
* am

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.

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Best Regards,
Ilya Kantor

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