I couldn't see a test for this, but perhaps I'm just missing it? brs% git count-objects 161 objects, 1552 kilobytes brs% git gc Counting objects: 80621, done. Compressing objects: 100% (22372/22372), done. Writing objects: 100% (80621/80621), done. Total 80621 (delta 57160), reused 80305 (delta 56884) brs% git count-objects 207 objects, 2048 kilobytes And I see lots of directories under .git/objects which confirms things. I don't think I've changed any relevant configuration. This is with 8befc50c49e8a271fd3cd7fb34258fe88d1dfcad (also whatever version I used before, erm, probably de0db422782ddaf7754ac5b03fdc6dc5de1a9ae4), and possibly earlier versions---I've just started noticing now that the number of loose objects has started causing git gui to complain. (Hmm, I note that git gui reports a larger number of loose objects than git count-objects. Ah, OK, it really is just an approximation, so no surprise.) -- 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