25ee9731c137d0a24b0f4879eb0b0cce9b77d5b0 made the '--prune' option deprecated and removed its description from the git-gc man page. This patch removes all references to this option from the rest of the Git documentation. --- References to a non-existing option in the user manual and especially in Every Day Git, which is intended for beginners, is very confusing. So, I believe it should be treated as a bug fix and included in maint. I'll appreciate if someone with better knowledge of git-gc review my correction. Thanks, Dmitry Documentation/everyday.txt | 6 ++---- Documentation/git-clone.txt | 10 ++++++---- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 17 +---------------- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt index fdbd15a..e598cdd 100644 --- a/Documentation/everyday.txt +++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt @@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ $ git gc <3> repository health reasonably well. <2> check how many loose objects there are and how much disk space is wasted by not repacking. -<3> repacks the local repository and performs other housekeeping tasks. Running -without `--prune` is a safe operation even while other ones are in progress. +<3> repacks the local repository and performs other housekeeping tasks. Repack a small project into single pack.:: + ------------ $ git gc <1> -$ git gc --prune ------------ + <1> pack all the objects reachable from the refs into one pack, @@ -182,7 +180,7 @@ $ git pull <3> $ git log -p ORIG_HEAD.. arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <4> $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/.../jgarzik/libata-dev.git ALL <5> $ git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD <6> -$ git gc --prune <7> +$ git gc <7> $ git fetch --tags <8> ------------ + diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 9758243..c1bf814 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ OPTIONS + *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your -repository using this option, then delete branches in the -source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the -'--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove -objects which are referenced by the cloned repository. +repository using this option and then delete a branch or use +any other git command that makes any previous existing commit +unreachable, then after some time linkgit:git-gc[1] may remove +unreachable objects, and this will break the cloned repository. +Because some git commands may run git-gc, it may happen at any +time after gc.pruneExpire time since commits became unreachable. diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 565aeb9..86b91a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1548,22 +1548,7 @@ dangling tree b24c2473f1fd3d91352a624795be026d64c8841f Dangling objects are not a problem. At worst they may take up a little extra disk space. They can sometimes provide a last-resort method for -recovering lost work--see <<dangling-objects>> for details. However, if -you wish, you can remove them with linkgit:git-prune[1] or the `--prune` -option to linkgit:git-gc[1]: - -------------------------------------------------- -$ git gc --prune -------------------------------------------------- - -This may be time-consuming. Unlike most other git operations (including -git-gc when run without any options), it is not safe to prune while -other git operations are in progress in the same repository. - -If linkgit:git-fsck[1] complains about sha1 mismatches or missing -objects, you may have a much more serious problem; your best option is -probably restoring from backups. See -<<recovering-from-repository-corruption>> for a detailed discussion. +recovering lost work--see <<dangling-objects>> for details. [[recovering-lost-changes]] Recovering lost changes -- 1.5.5.21.g03e5 -- 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
