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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add "--expire <time>" option to 'git prune'
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:12:11 -0500
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 02:21:23PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> This patch adds a mode to expire only loose, unreachable objects
> which are older than a certain time.  For example, by
> 
> 	git prune --expire 14.days
> 
> you can prune only those objects which are loose, unreachable
> and older than 14 days (and thus probably outdated).

Does this now make git-prune safe for automatic running?

I suppose you could still be actively manipulating refs that point to
very old objects.

-Peff