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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-gc.txt: change --aggressive description
From:       Pieter de Bie <pdebie () ai ! rug ! nl>
Date:       2008-05-13 11:13:08
Message-ID: 3A0C16C0-601C-408E-BD48-7DB783586C20 () ai ! rug ! nl
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On 13 mei 2008, at 12:57, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> This patch might be a good thing. But from ordinary user's point of  
> view
> this raises questions: if gc --aggressive really is not that  
> aggressive
> then the option itself is misleading. Why not change gc --aggressive  
> to
> be really effective? Using high --window/--depth value etc.

The problem is that you don't know what is aggressive for this  
repository; that is relative to how it was previously packed.

I'd much rather change --aggressive to something like --rebuild, which  
describes much better what it does. However, I don't think it's easy  
to just rename a flag, as scripts may depend on it.

- Pieter

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