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diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 189573a3b3..b370b025b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune] DESCRIPTION @@ -83,11 +84,21 @@ The optional configuration variable 'gc.reflogExpireUnreachable' can be set to indicate how long historical reflog entries which are not part of the current branch should remain available in this repository. These types of entries are generally created as -a result of using `git commit \--amend` or `git rebase` and are the +a result of using `git commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the commits prior to the amend or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current project most users will want to expire them sooner. This option defaults to '30 days'. +The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern. For +example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking +branches: + +------------ +[gc "refs/remotes/*"] + reflogExpire = never + reflogexpireUnreachable = 3 days +------------ + The optional configuration variable 'gc.rerereresolved' indicates how long records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are kept. This defaults to 60 days. @@ -97,7 +108,7 @@ how long records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are kept. This defaults to 15 days. The optional configuration variable 'gc.packrefs' determines if -'git gc' runs 'git pack-refs'. This can be set to "nobare" to enable +'git gc' runs 'git pack-refs'. This can be set to "notbare" to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. This defaults to true. @@ -118,8 +129,8 @@ Notes 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set -of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote -tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in +of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, +remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches that were later amended or rewound). @@ -127,6 +138,13 @@ If you are expecting some objects to be collected and they aren't, check all of those locations and decide whether it makes sense in your case to remove those references. +HOOKS +----- + +The 'git gc --auto' command will run the 'pre-auto-gc' hook. See +linkgit:githooks[5] for more information. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-prune[1] @@ -134,10 +152,6 @@ linkgit:git-reflog[1] linkgit:git-repack[1] linkgit:git-rerere[1] -Author ------- -Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |