Re: dangling commits and blobs: is this normal?

[Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Jeff King wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:00:06PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> > And what would be the point of manually running 'git gc' then, given 
> > that 'git gc --auto' is already invoked automatically after most commit 
> > creating commands?
> > 
> > I mean, if you consider explicit 'git gc' too long, then simply wait 
> > until you can spare the time, if at all.  This is not like a non gc'd 
> > repository suddently becomes non functional.
> 
> The other tradeoff, mentioned by Matthieu, is not about speed, but about
> rollover of files on disk. I think he would be in favor of a less
> optimal pack setup if it meant rewriting the largest packfile less
> frequently.
> 
> However, it may be reasonable to suggest that he just not manually "gc"
> then. If he is not generating enough commits to warrant an auto-gc, then
> he is probably not losing much by having loose objects. And if he is,
> then auto-gc is already taking care of it.

My point exactly.

And those people savvy enough to automate 'git gc' nightly should be 
able to cope with .keep files as well.


Nicolas