Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> You get this:
>
> git gc --prune=npw
>
> Yeah, that "npw" should be "now", which is where the klutz thing comes in.
>
> It turns out that git reacts ridiculously badly to this.
$ git gc --prune=npw
Counting objects: 10, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Total 10 (delta 2), reused 10 (delta 2)
error: failed to run prune
It turns out that prune silently goes away given a bad expiry
$ git prune --expire=nyah ; echo $?
129
Regardless of your originai "git gc" issue, we should make "prune"
say something on this error. And when we do so, I would think that
error message will come before the final "error: failed to run
prune".
Or perhaps we do so and then squelch "error: failed to run prune",
trusting that a corrected "git prune" will always say something when
it fails.
