Rather than duplicating the documentation for the various "gc" options let's include the "gc" docs from git-config. They were mostly better already, and now we don't have the same docs in two places with subtly different wording. In the cases where the git-gc(1) docs were saying something the "gc" docs in git-config(1) didn't cover move the relevant section over to the git-config(1) docs. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config/gc.txt | 12 +++++++ Documentation/git-gc.txt | 65 +++---------------------------------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt index c6fbb8a96f9..a834a801cd6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt @@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults to 50. ++ +See the documentation for the `--depth` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults to 250. ++ +See the documentation for the `--window` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.auto:: When there are approximately more than this many loose @@ -94,6 +100,12 @@ gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. ++ +These types of entries are generally created as a result of using `git +commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the commits prior to the amend +or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current +project history most users will want to expire them sooner, which is +why the default is more aggressive than `gc.reflogExpire`. gc.rerereResolved:: Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index cc82971022e..9edf4e465b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ You should only need to run `git gc` manually when adding objects to a repository without regularly running such porcelain commands. Another use-case is wanting to do a one-off repository optimization. -If you know what you're doing and all you want is to disable automatic -runs, do: +If you know what you're doing and want to disable automatic runs, do: ---------------------- $ git config --global gc.auto 0 @@ -103,66 +102,10 @@ be performed as well. CONFIGURATION ------------- -The optional configuration variable `gc.reflogExpire` can be -set to indicate how long historical entries within each branch's -reflog should remain available in this repository. The setting is -expressed as a length of time, for example '90 days' or '3 months'. -It defaults to '90 days'. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable` -can be set to indicate how long historical reflog entries which -are not part of the current branch should remain available in -this repository. These types of entries are generally created as -a result of using `git commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the -commits prior to the amend or rebase occurring. Since these changes -are not part of the current project most users will want to expire -them sooner. This option defaults to '30 days'. - -The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern. For -example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking -branches: - ------------- -[gc "refs/remotes/*"] - reflogExpire = never - reflogExpireUnreachable = 3 days ------------- - -The optional configuration variable `gc.rerereResolved` indicates -how long records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are -kept. This defaults to 60 days. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.rerereUnresolved` indicates -how long records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are -kept. This defaults to 15 days. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.packRefs` determines if -'git gc' runs 'git pack-refs'. This can be set to "notbare" to enable -it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. -This defaults to true. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.writeCommitGraph` determines if -'git gc' should run 'git commit-graph write'. This can be set to a -boolean value. This defaults to false. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.aggressiveWindow` controls how -much time is spent optimizing the delta compression of the objects in -the repository when the --aggressive option is specified. The larger -the value, the more time is spent optimizing the delta compression. See -the documentation for the --window option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for -more details. This defaults to 250. - -Similarly, the optional configuration variable `gc.aggressiveDepth` -controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 50. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.pruneExpire` controls how old -the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned. The -default is "2 weeks ago". - -Optional configuration variable `gc.worktreePruneExpire` controls how -old a stale working tree should be before `git worktree prune` deletes -it. Default is "3 months ago". +The below documentation is the same as what's found in +linkgit:git-config[1]: +include::config/gc.txt[] NOTES ----- -- 2.21.0.360.g471c308f928
