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

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 866e0534b8843af3c1789becd06b244162632d01..b0390f82b85b17287b9e90c5ea57839517c040cf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
        to 10.
 
+gc.auto::
+       When there are approximately more than this many loose
+       objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+       Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+       light-weight garbage collection from time to time.  Setting
+       this to 0 disables it.
+
+gc.autopacklimit::
+       When there are more than this many packs that are not
+       marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
+       --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  Setting
+       this to 0 disables this.
+
 gc.packrefs::
        `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
        default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch