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diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 40c1ce4a21..b9d5660eac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ OPTIONS With this option, `git gc` checks if there are too many loose objects in the repository and runs gitlink:git-repack[1] with `-d -l` option to pack them. - The threshold is set with `gc.auto` configuration + The threshold for loose objects is set with `gc.auto` configuration variable, and can be disabled by setting it to 0. Some Porcelain commands use this after they perform operation that could create many loose objects automatically. + Additionally, when there are too many packs are present, + they are consolidated into one larger pack by running + the `git-repack` command with `-A` option. The + threshold for number of packs is set with + `gc.autopacklimit` configuration variable. Configuration ------------- |