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diff --git a/git-gc.txt b/git-gc.txt index c7742ca..b9d5660 100644 --- a/git-gc.txt +++ b/git-gc.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] +'git-gc' [--prune] [--aggressive] [--auto] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every few hundred changesets or so. +--auto:: + With this option, `git gc` checks if there are too many + loose objects in the repository and runs + gitlink:git-repack[1] with `-d -l` option to pack them. + The threshold for loose objects is set with `gc.auto` configuration + variable, and can be disabled by setting it to 0. Some + Porcelain commands use this after they perform operation + that could create many loose objects automatically. + Additionally, when there are too many packs are present, + they are consolidated into one larger pack by running + the `git-repack` command with `-A` option. The + threshold for number of packs is set with + `gc.autopacklimit` configuration variable. + Configuration -------------
