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git-gc --auto: add documentation.

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This documents the auto-packing of loose objects performed by
git-gc --auto.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2007-09-17 00:39:52 -07:00
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@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
gc.auto::
When there are approximately more than this many loose
objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
light-weight garbage collection from time to time. Setting
this to 0 disables it.
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive]
'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] [--auto]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ OPTIONS
persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every
few hundred changesets or so.
--auto::
With this option, `git gc` checks if there are too many
loose objects in the repository and runs
gitlink:git-repack[1] with `-d -l` option to pack them.
The threshold is set with `gc.auto` configuration
variable, and can be disabled by setting it to 0. Some
Porcelain commands use this after they perform operation
that could create many loose objects automatically.
Configuration
-------------