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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 2659153cb3..728ae902e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1558,6 +1558,13 @@ gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background if the system supports it. Default is true. +gc.bigPackThreshold:: + If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when + `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack` + except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not + just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of + 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. + gc.logExpiry:: If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 8f903231da..649faddfa6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ single pack using `git repack -d -l`. 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) +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'. Setting `gc.autoPackLimit` to 0 disables automatic consolidation of packs. @@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ be performed as well. --keep-largest-pack:: All packs except the largest pack and those marked with a - `.keep` files are consolidated into a single pack. + `.keep` files are consolidated into a single pack. When this + option is used, `gc.bigPackThreshold` is ignored. Configuration ------------- |