SYNOPSIS
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+[verse]
'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune]
DESCRIPTION
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
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
branches:
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'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
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
+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 reference commits in branches
that were later amended or rewound).
linkgit:git-repack[1]
linkgit:git-rerere[1]
-Author
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-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite