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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-16 14:42:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-16 14:42:50 -0700 |
| commit | d5d1e35acef0fc41c7af242a9229f812894c7ea7 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f74b30cee30fc00403518fb700fdb6d8c4af3ae /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'sb/submodule-config-parse' (diff) | |
| parent | Documentation/gc: warn against --prune=<now> (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d5d1e35acef0fc41c7af242a9229f812894c7ea7.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/doc-gc-prune-now'
"git gc" is safe to run anytime only because it has the built-in
grace period to protect young objects. In order to run with no
grace period, the user must make sure that the repository is
quiescent.
* jc/doc-gc-prune-now:
Documentation/gc: warn against --prune=<now>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 52234987f9..fa1510480a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ automatic consolidation of packs. --prune=<date>:: Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago, overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). - --prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age. - --prune is on by default. + --prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age (do + not use --prune=all unless you know exactly what you are doing. + Unless the repository is quiescent, you will lose newly created + objects that haven't been anchored with the refs and end up + corrupting your repository). --prune is on by default. --no-prune:: Do not prune any loose objects. |