git-gc --auto: run "repack -A -d -l" as necessary.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 40c1ce4a21302b315c8f88802645ce0161a0c47c..b9d5660eacee03bde2360b97b80f3378972fe678 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ OPTIONS
        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 is set with `gc.auto` configuration
+       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
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