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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gc.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin/gc.c8
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 00ea0a678e..c834e07991 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ gc.autoDetach::
gc.bigPackThreshold::
If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when
- `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack`
+ `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-largest-pack`
except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not
- just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
+ just the largest pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+
Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.
If the amount of memory estimated for `git repack` to run smoothly is
not available and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest pack
will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` with
-`--keep-base-pack`).
+`--keep-largest-pack`).
gc.writeCommitGraph::
If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index bc25ad52c7..3e8d76fd5a 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
const char *name;
pid_t pid;
int daemonized = 0;
- int keep_base_pack = -1;
+ int keep_largest_pack = -1;
timestamp_t dummy;
struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BOOL_F(0, "force", &force,
N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running"),
PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
- OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-largest-pack", &keep_base_pack,
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-largest-pack", &keep_largest_pack,
N_("repack all other packs except the largest pack")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
} else {
struct string_list keep_pack = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
- if (keep_base_pack != -1) {
- if (keep_base_pack)
+ if (keep_largest_pack != -1) {
+ if (keep_largest_pack)
find_base_packs(&keep_pack, 0);
} else if (big_pack_threshold) {
find_base_packs(&keep_pack, big_pack_threshold);