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diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index f5bc98ccb3..a7442499f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository, such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance), removing unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of 'git add', packing refs, pruning -reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees. +reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees. May also update ancillary +indexes such as the commit-graph. Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good @@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ The optional configuration variable `gc.packRefs` determines if it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. This defaults to true. -The optional configuration variable `gc.commitGraph` determines if +The optional configuration variable `gc.writeCommitGraph` determines if 'git gc' should run 'git commit-graph write'. This can be set to a boolean value. This defaults to false. |