From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: auto gc Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:10:27 +0100 Message-ID: <20071115081025.GC638@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 15 09:10:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IsZoG-0007jp-8N for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:10:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752192AbXKOIKb (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:10:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752228AbXKOIKb (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:10:31 -0500 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:29889 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751660AbXKOIKa (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:10:30 -0500 Received: by kernel.dk (Postfix, from userid 500) id 796952571FE; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:10:27 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, I've noticed that recent git versions, in a supposedly helpful fashion, run garbage collection automatically after a pull if it deems it necessary: [...] Resolving 556 deltas... 100% (556/556) done Updating 9418d5d..99fee6d Fast forward Packing your repository for optimum performance. You may also run "git gc" manually. See "git help gc" for more information. Generating pack... [...] This is extremely annoying behaviour! If I'm on battery or just in a bit of a hurry, I defeinitely don't want git second guessing me and deciding that it's time to run git gc. I'd suggest just printing a hint that running git gc would increase performance, doing it automatically is definitely bad style (even more so when then yet again changed git refs layout even breaks old scripts, when git gc has run). -- Jens Axboe