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| author | Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> | 2008-03-20 00:06:11 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-03-20 03:30:53 +0300 |
| commit | 05f304526197ac6e27ce1fe2e010eb023472b30b (patch) | |
| tree | 26881e3814e1d35003bff40b074d6f53736371f5 | |
| parent | b14d255ba8362a4debe51dc67d6b98d06fdc36aa (diff) | |
make it easier for people who just want to get rid of 'git gc --auto'
Give a direct hint to those who feel highly annoyed by the auto gc
behavior.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-gc.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 229a7c9b30..d424a4ecbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -19,8 +19,15 @@ created from prior invocations of linkgit:git-add[1]. Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good -operating performance. Some git commands may automatically run -`git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag below for details. +operating performance. + +Some git commands may automatically run `git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag +below for details. If you know what you're doing and all you want is to +disable this behavior permanently without further considerations, just do: + +---------------------- +$ git config --global gc.auto 0 +---------------------- OPTIONS ------- |