Re: Dangling blob after git gc

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On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 02:46:47PM +0100, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> from man git-gc:
> 
>      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".
> 
> Git can hardly know for sure whether a dangling object is actually a
> temporary object used by another instance of git or actually an unused
> object. Older versions of Git required you to explicitely say --prune
> to mean "OK, _I_ am sure, you can prune the objects", newer do it the
> safe way by removing only objects old enough.

So it was a user error, thanks for pointing out the relevant
documentation. :)

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