The 'git gc --auto' command is meant to perform an incremental gc,
avoiding problems from an unpacked repository without forcing the user
wait for intense I/O and computation before getting anything done.
The output is not really ideal for a GUI:
Auto packing the repository for optimum performance. You may also
run "git gc" manually. See "git help gc" for more information.
Nothing new to pack.
Removing duplicate objects: 100% (256/256), done.
git gc should pass the relevant information in machine-readable form
to fix this.
The gui does not already use gc --auto because it was not implemented
until git commit 2c3c439 (2007-09-05), a while after git gui gained
its gc functionality. Moreover, the gui does not use git gc at all
ever since commit bc7452f (git-gui: Use builtin version of 'git gc',
2007-01-26) for reasons I don’t understand.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/database.tcl | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/database.tcl b/lib/database.tcl
index 25a0509..c8184de 100644
--- a/lib/database.tcl
+++ b/lib/database.tcl
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ proc do_gc {} {
}
}
+proc do_auto_gc {} {
+ set w [console::new {gc} [mc "Compressing the object database"]]
+ set cmd [list git gc --auto]
+ console::exec $w $cmd
+}
+
proc do_fsck_objects {} {
set w [console::new {fsck-objects} \
[mc "Verifying the object database with fsck-objects"]]
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ proc hint_gc {} {
To maintain optimal performance it is strongly recommended that you compress the database.
Compress the database now?" $objects_current]] eq yes} {
- do_gc
+ do_auto_gc
}
}
}
--
1.7.0
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