From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: Re: [PATCH] Create 'git gc' to perform common maintenance operations. Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:30 -0500 Message-ID: <20061227075330.GA23022@spearce.org> References: <20061227071759.GA23057@spearce.org> <7vr6ul93wz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Dec 27 08:53:46 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GzTbc-0001Ls-9f for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:53:44 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932982AbWL0Hxk (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932980AbWL0Hxk (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:40 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:55412 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932982AbWL0Hxj (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:39 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GzTba-0004xN-MZ; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:42 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6A8DD20FB65; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:53:31 -0500 (EST) To: Junio C Hamano Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7vr6ul93wz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > > > +The optional configuration variable 'gc.reflogExpireUnreachable' > > +can be set to indicate how long historical reflog entries which > > +are not part of the current branch should remain available in > > +this repository. These types of entries are generally created as > > +a result of using `git commit \--amend` or `git rebase` and are the > > +commits prior to the amend or rebase occuring. Since these changes > > +are not part of the current project most users will want to expire > > +them sooner. This option defaults to '60 days'. > > Should I update the default expire-unreachable in builtin-reflog > to match 60 days? Doh, I meant for git-gc to match the default in 'git-reflog expire'. Whoops. I don't care either way. 60 days may be too long for some users, but for others it may be nice to have. I think the two defaults should match just because. Feel free to edit my patch before applying to be whatever 'git-reflog expire' uses if you want. -- Shawn.