The point of auto gc is to pack new objects created in loose format, so a good rule of thumb is where we do update-ref after creating a new commit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Let's chuck the previous "git add/git fetch" one, and replace it with this. Also I realize I misread your earlier comment about "git add". You are still among the only few people on the list that I consider are always more right than I am ;-). git-am.sh | 2 ++ git-commit.sh | 1 + git-merge.sh | 1 + git-rebase--interactive.sh | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh index 6809aa0..4db4701 100755 --- a/git-am.sh +++ b/git-am.sh @@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ do "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-applypatch fi + git gc --auto + go_next done diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh index 1d04f1f..d22d35e 100755 --- a/git-commit.sh +++ b/git-commit.sh @@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ git rerere if test "$ret" = 0 then + git gc --auto if test -x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-commit then "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/post-commit diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh index 3a01db0..697bec2 100755 --- a/git-merge.sh +++ b/git-merge.sh @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ finish () { ;; *) git update-ref -m "$rlogm" HEAD "$1" "$head" || exit 1 + git gc --auto ;; esac ;; diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh index abc2b1c..8258b7a 100755 --- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh +++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh @@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ do_next () { rm -rf "$DOTEST" && warn "Successfully rebased and updated $HEADNAME." + git gc --auto + exit } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html