Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > It does make me wonder why "git prune --expire=never" does not simply > exit immediately. Isn't there by definition nothing useful to do? I think the answer to the question is "no", but if I have to guess why such a low-hanging fruit optimization possibility has not been exploited so far is because it does not optimize a useful case, perhaps? IOW, falling into "if it hurts, then don't do it" category?