Pieter de Bie wrote (2008-05-13 11:53 +0200): > I keep seeing people regularly packing their repo with git gc > --aggressive. However, in my experience, this seldom results in > a smaller repository. This can be because the repository was repacked > tightly previously (for example, with a high --window value) or > because incremental "git gc" just makes better packs anyway. Throwing > away that information is often not a good idea. > > The documentation for the --aggressive flag was misleading, in that it > hints that you'll get a smaller pack, which is often not the case. This patch might be a good thing. But from ordinary user's point of view this raises questions: if gc --aggressive really is not that aggressive then the option itself is misleading. Why not change gc --aggressive to be really effective? Using high --window/--depth value etc. -- 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
