Hi,
> With this patch, "git gc --no-prune" will not prune any loose (and
> dangling) object, and "git gc --prune=5.minutes.ago" will prune
> all loose objects older than 5 minutes.
I like it, so disregard my patch.
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> index 7086eea..fcef5fb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local
> repository
>
> SYNOPSIS
> --------
> -'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet]
> +'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date>]
Maybe add --no-prune too.
>
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
> @@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ are consolidated into a single pack by using the `-A`
> option of
> 'git-repack'. Setting `gc.autopacklimit` to 0 disables
> automatic consolidation of packs.
>
> +--prune=<date>::
> + Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago).
> + This option is on by default.
Maybe refer to the config option at least briefly.
> +
> +--no-prune::
> + Do not prune any loose objects.
> +
> --quiet::
> Suppress all progress reports.
>
> diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
> index a201438..a962f38 100644
> --- a/builtin-gc.c
> +++ b/builtin-gc.c
> [snip]
> @@ -173,14 +174,15 @@ static int need_to_gc(void)
>
> int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> {
> - int prune = 0;
> int aggressive = 0;
> int auto_gc = 0;
> int quiet = 0;
> char buf[80];
>
> struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
> - OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "prune", &prune, "prune unreferenced objects
> (deprecated)"),
> + { OPTION_STRING, 0, "prune", &prune_expire, "date",
> + "prune unreferenced objects (deprecated)",
If you actually make it useful again shouldn't we stop marking it as
deprecated?
-Jan
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