Re: [RFC/PATCH] fsck: default to "git fsck --full"

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
>> index 5f1fecb..1896e05 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
>> @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
>>  GIT v1.6.6 Release Notes
>>  ========================
>>  
>> +In this release, "git fsck" defaults to "git fsck --full" and checks
>> +packfiles.  If you prefer a quicker check only on loose objects (the
>              ^^
>
> Might be worth mentioning explicitly that, because of that change, plain 
> fsck is now going to take much longer to complete.

Sounds fair; thanks.

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
index 0adf998..fa0e11a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ GIT v1.6.6 Release Notes
 ========================
 
 In this release, "git fsck" defaults to "git fsck --full" and checks
-packfiles.  If you prefer a quicker check only on loose objects (the
+packfiles, and because of this it will take much longer to complete
+than before.  If you prefer a quicker check only on loose objects (the
 old default), you can say "git fsck --no-full".  This has been
 supported by 1.5.4 and newer versions of git, so it is safe to write
 it in your script even if you use slightly older git on some of your
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