On 2008.12.15 14:38:56 +0100, Mikael Magnusson wrote: > 2008/12/15 Bruce Stephens <bruce.stephens@xxxxxxxxx>: > > 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.) > > IIRC git gc only removes loose objects older than two weeks, if you > really want to remove them now, run git prune. But make sure no other > git process can be active when you run it, or it could possibly step > on something. To clarify that a bit more: git gc keeps unreachable objects unpacked, so that git prune can drop them. And git gc invokes git prune so that only unreachable objects older than 2 weeks are dropped. Björn -- 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
