Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 4cd9cdf9056fe78b3acbbf62aa080b1e47907b0a..85d711192967dc4e0869411ac6d1be8947d52e07 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ commits prior to the amend or rebase occurring.  Since these changes
 are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
+The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+branches:
+
+------------
+[gc "refs/remotes/*"]
+       reflogExpire = never
+       reflogexpireUnreachable = 3 days
+------------
+
 The optional configuration variable 'gc.rerereresolved' indicates
 how long records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
 kept.  This defaults to 60 days.