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diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt index 5f8f63f098..6970f2b898 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt @@ -313,6 +313,28 @@ To create more advanced customizations to your background tasks, see launchctl.plist(5) for more information. +BACKGROUND MAINTENANCE ON WINDOWS SYSTEMS +----------------------------------------- + +Windows does not support `cron` and instead has its own system for +scheduling background tasks. The `git maintenance start` command uses +the `schtasks` command to submit tasks to this system. You can inspect +all background tasks using the Task Scheduler application. The tasks +added by Git have names of the form `Git Maintenance (<frequency>)`. +The Task Scheduler GUI has ways to inspect these tasks, but you can also +export the tasks to XML files and view the details there. + +Note that since Git is a console application, these background tasks +create a console window visible to the current user. This can be changed +manually by selecting the "Run whether user is logged in or not" option +in Task Scheduler. This change requires a password input, which is why +`git maintenance start` does not select it by default. + +If you want to customize the background tasks, please rename the tasks +so future calls to `git maintenance (start|stop)` do not overwrite your +custom tasks. + + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |