maintenance: replace run_auto_gc()

The run_auto_gc() method is used in several places to trigger a check
for repo maintenance after some Git commands, such as 'git commit' or
'git fetch'.

To allow for extra customization of this maintenance activity, replace
the 'git gc --auto [--quiet]' call with one to 'git maintenance run
--auto [--quiet]'. As we extend the maintenance builtin with other
steps, users will be able to select different maintenance activities.

Rename run_auto_gc() to run_auto_maintenance() to be clearer what is
happening on this call, and to expose all callers in the current diff.
Rewrite the method to use a struct child_process to simplify the calls
slightly.

Since 'git fetch' already allows disabling the 'git gc --auto'
subprocess, add an equivalent option with a different name to be more
descriptive of the new behavior: '--[no-]maintenance'. Update the
documentation to include these options at the same time.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 74829a838e..8f31bfab56 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static void finish(struct commit *head_commit,
 			 * user should see them.
 			 */
 			close_object_store(the_repository->objects);
-			run_auto_gc(verbosity < 0);
+			run_auto_maintenance(verbosity < 0);
 		}
 	}
 	if (new_head && show_diffstat) {