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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index dd22eecc79..c56f4f7cde 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -52,14 +52,13 @@ OPTIONS + If the number of loose objects exceeds the value of the `gc.auto` configuration variable, then all loose objects are combined into a -single pack using `git repack -d -l`. Setting the value of `gc.auto` +single pack. Setting the value of `gc.auto` to 0 disables automatic packing of loose objects. + If the number of packs exceeds the value of `gc.autoPackLimit`, then existing packs (except those marked with a `.keep` file or over `gc.bigPackThreshold` limit) -are consolidated into a single pack by using the `-A` option of -'git repack'. +are consolidated into a single pack. If the amount of memory is estimated not enough for `git repack` to run smoothly and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest pack will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` |