Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index b292e9843aa9da86cd44bd07d3ce35053be32177..85d711192967dc4e0869411ac6d1be8947d52e07 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.
 
 --prune=<date>::
        Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
-       overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This
+       overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This
        option is on by default.
 
 --no-prune::
@@ -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.
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ much time is spent optimizing the delta compression of the objects in
 the repository when the --aggressive option is specified.  The larger
 the value, the more time is spent optimizing the delta compression.  See
 the documentation for the --window' option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for
-more details.  This defaults to 10.
+more details.  This defaults to 250.
 
 The optional configuration variable 'gc.pruneExpire' controls how old
 the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned.  The
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ Notes
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
 of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
 tracking branches, refs saved by 'git-filter-branch' in
-refs/original/, or reflogs (which may references commits in branches
+refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
 If you are expecting some objects to be collected and they aren't, check