Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:19:56 +0100 | | From | Rene Herman <> | | Subject | Re: size of git repository (was Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs) |
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On 18-11-07 15:35, James Bottomley wrote:
>> clean-cg? But failure to run "git repack -a -d" every once in a while? > > Actually, the best command is > > git gc > > which does a repack (into a single pack file rather than an incremenal), > and then removes all the objects now in the pack. If, like me, you work > on temporary branches which you keep rebasing, you can add a --prune to > gc which will erase all unreferenced objects as it packs (use this one > with care. I usually never use it but run a git prune -n just to see > what would be removed, and then run git prune separately if it looks OK).
Thanks for the comment. That managed to indeed shave a few extra bytes off my already "repack -a -d" packed repo still.
Rene.
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