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Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]8<title>git-gc(1)</title>
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]419
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]735<body class="manpage">
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]736<div id="header">
737<h1>
738git-gc(1) Manual Page
739</h1>
740<h2>NAME</h2>
741<div class="sectionbody">
742<p>git-gc -
743 Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
744</p>
745</div>
746</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22[diff] [blame]747<div id="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]748<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]749<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]750<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano15567bc2011-07-23 00:51:59[diff] [blame]751<div class="verseblock">
Junio C Hamanob9d9d902018-05-23 07:07:42[diff] [blame]752<pre class="content"><em>git gc</em> [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=&lt;date&gt; | --no-prune] [--force] [--keep-largest-pack]</pre>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]753<div class="attribution">
Junio C Hamano15567bc2011-07-23 00:51:59[diff] [blame]754</div></div>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]755</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]756</div>
757<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]758<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]759<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]760<div class="paragraph"><p>Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository,
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]761such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase
Junio C Hamano85151f32018-04-10 00:52:26[diff] [blame]762performance), removing unreachable objects which may have been
763created from prior invocations of <em>git add</em>, packing refs, pruning
Junio C Hamanoa4df8ed2018-10-26 06:37:13[diff] [blame]764reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees. May also update ancillary
765indexes such as the commit-graph.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]766<div class="paragraph"><p>When common porcelain operations that create objects are run, they
767will check whether the repository has grown substantially since the
768last maintenance, and if so run <code>git gc</code> automatically. See <code>gc.auto</code>
769below for how to disable this behavior.</p></div>
770<div class="paragraph"><p>Running <code>git gc</code> manually should only be needed when adding objects to
771a repository without regularly running such porcelain commands, to do
772a one-off repository optimization, or e.g. to clean up a suboptimal
773mass-import. See the "PACKFILE OPTIMIZATION" section in
774<a href="git-fast-import.html">git-fast-import(1)</a> for more details on the import case.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]775</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]776</div>
777<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]778<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
Junio C Hamanof65d9282007-01-22 09:00:13[diff] [blame]779<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]780<div class="dlist"><dl>
781<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanof2ce2972007-05-20 19:12:09[diff] [blame]782--aggressive
783</dt>
784<dd>
785<p>
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43[diff] [blame]786 Usually <em>git gc</em> runs very quickly while providing good disk
Junio C Hamano679d22d2007-06-02 21:13:44[diff] [blame]787 space utilization and performance. This option will cause
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43[diff] [blame]788 <em>git gc</em> to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense
Junio C Hamanof2ce2972007-05-20 19:12:09[diff] [blame]789 of taking much more time. The effects of this optimization are
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]790 mostly persistent. See the "AGGRESSIVE" section below for details.
Junio C Hamanof2ce2972007-05-20 19:12:09[diff] [blame]791</p>
792</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]793<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1b50ce92007-10-03 12:05:53[diff] [blame]794--auto
795</dt>
796<dd>
797<p>
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43[diff] [blame]798 With this option, <em>git gc</em> checks whether any housekeeping is
Junio C Hamano764a6672007-10-23 01:23:31[diff] [blame]799 required; if not, it exits without performing any work.
Junio C Hamano1b50ce92007-10-03 12:05:53[diff] [blame]800</p>
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]801<div class="paragraph"><p>See the <code>gc.auto</code> option in the "CONFIGURATION" section below for how
802this heuristic works.</p></div>
803<div class="paragraph"><p>Once housekeeping is triggered by exceeding the limits of
804configuration options such as <code>gc.auto</code> and <code>gc.autoPackLimit</code>, all
Junio C Hamano85151f32018-04-10 00:52:26[diff] [blame]805other housekeeping tasks (e.g. rerere, working trees, reflog&#8230;) will
806be performed as well.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1b50ce92007-10-03 12:05:53[diff] [blame]807</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]808<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano0a4482a2023-04-28 23:29:01[diff] [blame]809--[no-]cruft
Junio C Hamanoc926f622022-06-03 22:26:23[diff] [blame]810</dt>
811<dd>
812<p>
813 When expiring unreachable objects, pack them separately into a
Junio C Hamano0a4482a2023-04-28 23:29:01[diff] [blame]814 cruft pack instead of storing them as loose objects. <code>--cruft</code>
815 is on by default.
Junio C Hamanoc926f622022-06-03 22:26:23[diff] [blame]816</p>
817</dd>
818<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]819--prune=&lt;date&gt;
820</dt>
821<dd>
822<p>
823 Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53[diff] [blame]824 overridable by the config variable <code>gc.pruneExpire</code>).
Junio C Hamanodecc7312019-03-11 09:02:54[diff] [blame]825 --prune=now prunes loose objects regardless of their age and
Junio C Hamano56ace3d2017-01-10 23:43:41[diff] [blame]826 increases the risk of corruption if another process is writing to
827 the repository concurrently; see "NOTES" below. --prune is on by
828 default.
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]829</p>
830</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]831<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano8bc410e2009-02-15 10:38:19[diff] [blame]832--no-prune
833</dt>
834<dd>
835<p>
836 Do not prune any loose objects.
837</p>
838</dd>
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]839<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano69a98582008-03-01 18:42:18[diff] [blame]840--quiet
841</dt>
842<dd>
843<p>
844 Suppress all progress reports.
845</p>
846</dd>
Junio C Hamano535ed7a2013-09-04 20:35:57[diff] [blame]847<dt class="hdlist1">
848--force
849</dt>
850<dd>
851<p>
Junio C Hamanoc14e6ad2014-10-31 20:25:53[diff] [blame]852 Force <code>git gc</code> to run even if there may be another <code>git gc</code>
Junio C Hamano535ed7a2013-09-04 20:35:57[diff] [blame]853 instance running on this repository.
854</p>
855</dd>
Junio C Hamanob9d9d902018-05-23 07:07:42[diff] [blame]856<dt class="hdlist1">
857--keep-largest-pack
858</dt>
859<dd>
860<p>
Junio C Hamano0a4482a2023-04-28 23:29:01[diff] [blame]861 All packs except the largest non-cruft pack, any packs marked
862 with a <code>.keep</code> file, and any cruft pack(s) are consolidated into
863 a single pack. When this option is used, <code>gc.bigPackThreshold</code>
864 is ignored.
Junio C Hamanob9d9d902018-05-23 07:07:42[diff] [blame]865</p>
866</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]867</dl></div>
Junio C Hamanof65d9282007-01-22 09:00:13[diff] [blame]868</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]869</div>
870<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]871<h2 id="_aggressive">AGGRESSIVE</h2>
872<div class="sectionbody">
873<div class="paragraph"><p>When the <code>--aggressive</code> option is supplied, <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> will
874be invoked with the <code>-f</code> flag, which in turn will pass
875<code>--no-reuse-delta</code> to <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a>. This will throw
876away any existing deltas and re-compute them, at the expense of
877spending much more time on the repacking.</p></div>
878<div class="paragraph"><p>The effects of this are mostly persistent, e.g. when packs and loose
879objects are coalesced into one another pack the existing deltas in
880that pack might get re-used, but there are also various cases where we
881might pick a sub-optimal delta from a newer pack instead.</p></div>
882<div class="paragraph"><p>Furthermore, supplying <code>--aggressive</code> will tweak the <code>--depth</code> and
883<code>--window</code> options passed to <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a>. See the
884<code>gc.aggressiveDepth</code> and <code>gc.aggressiveWindow</code> settings below. By
885using a larger window size we&#8217;re more likely to find more optimal
886deltas.</p></div>
887<div class="paragraph"><p>It&#8217;s probably not worth it to use this option on a given repository
888without running tailored performance benchmarks on it. It takes a lot
889more time, and the resulting space/delta optimization may or may not
890be worth it. Not using this at all is the right trade-off for most
891users and their repositories.</p></div>
892</div>
893</div>
894<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanob9d9d902018-05-23 07:07:42[diff] [blame]895<h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]896<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoba8baee2022-09-14 20:25:23[diff] [blame]897<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything below this line in this section is selectively included
898from the <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a> documentation. The content is the same
899as what&#8217;s found there:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]900<div class="dlist"><dl>
901<dt class="hdlist1">
902gc.aggressiveDepth
903</dt>
904<dd>
905<p>
906 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
907 algorithm used by <em>git gc --aggressive</em>. This defaults
908 to 50, which is the default for the <code>--depth</code> option when
909 <code>--aggressive</code> isn&#8217;t in use.
910</p>
911<div class="paragraph"><p>See the documentation for the <code>--depth</code> option in
912<a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> for more details.</p></div>
913</dd>
914<dt class="hdlist1">
915gc.aggressiveWindow
916</dt>
917<dd>
918<p>
919 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
920 algorithm used by <em>git gc --aggressive</em>. This defaults
921 to 250, which is a much more aggressive window size than
922 the default <code>--window</code> of 10.
923</p>
924<div class="paragraph"><p>See the documentation for the <code>--window</code> option in
925<a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> for more details.</p></div>
926</dd>
927<dt class="hdlist1">
928gc.auto
929</dt>
930<dd>
931<p>
932 When there are approximately more than this many loose
933 objects in the repository, <code>git gc --auto</code> will pack them.
934 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
935 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
936 default value is 6700.
937</p>
938<div class="paragraph"><p>Setting this to 0 disables not only automatic packing based on the
939number of loose objects, but any other heuristic <code>git gc --auto</code> will
940otherwise use to determine if there&#8217;s work to do, such as
941<code>gc.autoPackLimit</code>.</p></div>
942</dd>
943<dt class="hdlist1">
944gc.autoPackLimit
945</dt>
946<dd>
947<p>
948 When there are more than this many packs that are not
949 marked with <code>*.keep</code> file in the repository, <code>git gc
950 --auto</code> consolidates them into one larger pack. The
951 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
952 Setting <code>gc.auto</code> to 0 will also disable this.
953</p>
954<div class="paragraph"><p>See the <code>gc.bigPackThreshold</code> configuration variable below. When in
955use, it&#8217;ll affect how the auto pack limit works.</p></div>
956</dd>
957<dt class="hdlist1">
958gc.autoDetach
959</dt>
960<dd>
961<p>
962 Make <code>git gc --auto</code> return immediately and run in background
963 if the system supports it. Default is true.
964</p>
965</dd>
966<dt class="hdlist1">
967gc.bigPackThreshold
968</dt>
969<dd>
970<p>
Junio C Hamano0a4482a2023-04-28 23:29:01[diff] [blame]971 If non-zero, all non-cruft packs larger than this limit are kept
972 when <code>git gc</code> is run. This is very similar to
973 <code>--keep-largest-pack</code> except that all non-cruft packs that meet
974 the threshold are kept, not just the largest pack. Defaults to
975 zero. Common unit suffixes of <em>k</em>, <em>m</em>, or <em>g</em> are supported.
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]976</p>
977<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
978this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack
979will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below
980gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.</p></div>
981<div class="paragraph"><p>If the amount of memory estimated for <code>git repack</code> to run smoothly is
982not available and <code>gc.bigPackThreshold</code> is not set, the largest pack
983will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running <code>git gc</code> with
Junio C Hamano85243982020-12-01 04:47:38[diff] [blame]984<code>--keep-largest-pack</code>).</p></div>
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]985</dd>
986<dt class="hdlist1">
987gc.writeCommitGraph
988</dt>
989<dd>
990<p>
991 If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when
992 <a href="git-gc.html">git-gc(1)</a> is run. When using <code>git gc --auto</code>
993 the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is
Junio C Hamanocb705392019-09-18 19:30:01[diff] [blame]994 required. Default is true. See <a href="git-commit-graph.html">git-commit-graph(1)</a>
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]995 for details.
996</p>
997</dd>
998<dt class="hdlist1">
999gc.logExpiry
1000</dt>
1001<dd>
1002<p>
1003 If the file gc.log exists, then <code>git gc --auto</code> will print
1004 its content and exit with status zero instead of running
1005 unless that file is more than <em>gc.logExpiry</em> old. Default is
1006 "1.day". See <code>gc.pruneExpire</code> for more ways to specify its
1007 value.
1008</p>
1009</dd>
1010<dt class="hdlist1">
1011gc.packRefs
1012</dt>
1013<dd>
1014<p>
1015 Running <code>git pack-refs</code> in a repository renders it
1016 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1017 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1018 <em>git gc</em> runs <code>git pack-refs</code>. This can be set to <code>notbare</code>
1019 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1020 boolean value. The default is <code>true</code>.
1021</p>
1022</dd>
1023<dt class="hdlist1">
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1025</dt>
1026<dd>
1027<p>
1028 Store unreachable objects in a cruft pack (see
1029 <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a>) instead of as loose objects. The default
Junio C Hamano0a4482a2023-04-28 23:29:01[diff] [blame]1030 is <code>true</code>.
Junio C Hamanoc926f622022-06-03 22:26:23[diff] [blame]1031</p>
1032</dd>
1033<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]1034gc.pruneExpire
1035</dt>
1036<dd>
1037<p>
Junio C Hamanoc926f622022-06-03 22:26:23[diff] [blame]1038 When <em>git gc</em> is run, it will call <em>prune --expire 2.weeks.ago</em>
1039 (and <em>repack --cruft --cruft-expiration 2.weeks.ago</em> if using
1040 cruft packs via <code>gc.cruftPacks</code> or <code>--cruft</code>). Override the
1041 grace period with this config variable. The value "now" may be
1042 used to disable this grace period and always prune unreachable
1043 objects immediately, or "never" may be used to suppress pruning.
1044 This feature helps prevent corruption when <em>git gc</em> runs
1045 concurrently with another process writing to the repository; see
1046 the "NOTES" section of <a href="git-gc.html">git-gc(1)</a>.
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]1047</p>
1048</dd>
1049<dt class="hdlist1">
1050gc.worktreePruneExpire
1051</dt>
1052<dd>
1053<p>
1054 When <em>git gc</em> is run, it calls
1055 <em>git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago</em>.
1056 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1057 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1058 period and prune <code>$GIT_DIR/worktrees</code> immediately, or "never"
1059 may be used to suppress pruning.
1060</p>
1061</dd>
1062<dt class="hdlist1">
1063gc.reflogExpire
1064</dt>
1065<dt class="hdlist1">
1066gc.&lt;pattern&gt;.reflogExpire
1067</dt>
1068<dd>
1069<p>
1070 <em>git reflog expire</em> removes reflog entries older than
1071 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1072 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1073 altogether. With "&lt;pattern&gt;" (e.g.
1074 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1075 the refs that match the &lt;pattern&gt;.
1076</p>
1077</dd>
1078<dt class="hdlist1">
1079gc.reflogExpireUnreachable
1080</dt>
1081<dt class="hdlist1">
1082gc.&lt;pattern&gt;.reflogExpireUnreachable
1083</dt>
1084<dd>
1085<p>
1086 <em>git reflog expire</em> removes reflog entries older than
1087 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1088 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1089 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1090 With "&lt;pattern&gt;" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1091 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1092 match the &lt;pattern&gt;.
1093</p>
1094<div class="paragraph"><p>These types of entries are generally created as a result of using <code>git
1095commit --amend</code> or <code>git rebase</code> and are the commits prior to the amend
1096or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current
1097project most users will want to expire them sooner, which is why the
1098default is more aggressive than <code>gc.reflogExpire</code>.</p></div>
1099</dd>
1100<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano9469c132023-06-23 20:26:29[diff] [blame]1101gc.recentObjectsHook
1102</dt>
1103<dd>
1104<p>
1105 When considering whether or not to remove an object (either when
1106 generating a cruft pack or storing unreachable objects as
1107 loose), use the shell to execute the specified command(s).
1108 Interpret their output as object IDs which Git will consider as
1109 "recent", regardless of their age. By treating their mtimes as
1110 "now", any objects (and their descendants) mentioned in the
1111 output will be kept regardless of their true age.
1112</p>
1113<div class="paragraph"><p>Output must contain exactly one hex object ID per line, and nothing
1114else. Objects which cannot be found in the repository are ignored.
1115Multiple hooks are supported, but all must exit successfully, else the
1116operation (either generating a cruft pack or unpacking unreachable
1117objects) will be halted.</p></div>
1118</dd>
1119<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]1120gc.rerereResolved
1121</dt>
1122<dd>
1123<p>
1124 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1125 kept for this many days when <em>git rerere gc</em> is run.
1126 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1127 The default is 60 days. See <a href="git-rerere.html">git-rerere(1)</a>.
1128</p>
1129</dd>
1130<dt class="hdlist1">
1131gc.rerereUnresolved
1132</dt>
1133<dd>
1134<p>
1135 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1136 kept for this many days when <em>git rerere gc</em> is run.
1137 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1138 The default is 15 days. See <a href="git-rerere.html">git-rerere(1)</a>.
1139</p>
1140</dd>
1141</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]1142</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]1143</div>
1144<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanob9d9d902018-05-23 07:07:42[diff] [blame]1145<h2 id="_notes">NOTES</h2>
Junio C Hamano2f102bb2008-04-26 02:23:37[diff] [blame]1146<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano56ace3d2017-01-10 23:43:41[diff] [blame]1147<div class="paragraph"><p><em>git gc</em> tries very hard not to delete objects that are referenced
Junio C Hamanoa8858312019-09-30 05:07:45[diff] [blame]1148anywhere in your repository. In particular, it will keep not only
1149objects referenced by your current set of branches and tags, but also
Junio C Hamanoa372d5b2021-02-26 01:34:37[diff] [blame]1150objects referenced by the index, remote-tracking branches, reflogs
1151(which may reference commits in branches that were later amended or
1152rewound), and anything else in the refs/* namespace. Note that a note
1153(of the kind created by <em>git notes</em>) attached to an object does not
1154contribute in keeping the object alive. If you are expecting some
1155objects to be deleted and they aren&#8217;t, check all of those locations
1156and decide whether it makes sense in your case to remove those
1157references.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano56ace3d2017-01-10 23:43:41[diff] [blame]1158<div class="paragraph"><p>On the other hand, when <em>git gc</em> runs concurrently with another process,
1159there is a risk of it deleting an object that the other process is using
1160but hasn&#8217;t created a reference to. This may just cause the other process
1161to fail or may corrupt the repository if the other process later adds a
1162reference to the deleted object. Git has two features that significantly
1163mitigate this problem:</p></div>
1164<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
1165<li>
1166<p>
1167Any object with modification time newer than the <code>--prune</code> date is kept,
1168 along with everything reachable from it.
1169</p>
1170</li>
1171<li>
1172<p>
1173Most operations that add an object to the database update the
1174 modification time of the object if it is already present so that #1
1175 applies.
1176</p>
1177</li>
1178</ol></div>
1179<div class="paragraph"><p>However, these features fall short of a complete solution, so users who
1180run commands concurrently have to live with some risk of corruption (which
Junio C Hamano2ba14712019-04-25 10:12:27[diff] [blame]1181seems to be low in practice).</p></div>
Junio C Hamano2f102bb2008-04-26 02:23:37[diff] [blame]1182</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]1183</div>
1184<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano3e3aa812010-07-05 23:25:23[diff] [blame]1185<h2 id="_hooks">HOOKS</h2>
1186<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano97bcb482010-11-25 03:16:07[diff] [blame]1187<div class="paragraph"><p>The <em>git gc --auto</em> command will run the <em>pre-auto-gc</em> hook. See
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:23[diff] [blame]1188<a href="githooks.html">githooks(5)</a> for more information.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano3e3aa812010-07-05 23:25:23[diff] [blame]1189</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]1190</div>
1191<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]1192<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]1193<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:23[diff] [blame]1194<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-prune.html">git-prune(1)</a>
1195<a href="git-reflog.html">git-reflog(1)</a>
1196<a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a>
1197<a href="git-rerere.html">git-rerere(1)</a></p></div>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]1198</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]1199</div>
1200<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31[diff] [blame]1201<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]1202<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:23[diff] [blame]1203<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
Junio C Hamano52299462006-12-28 00:59:38[diff] [blame]1204</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22[diff] [blame]1205</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11[diff] [blame]1206</div>
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