Merge branch 'ab/gc-doc-update'

The documentation of "git gc" has been updated to mention that it
is no longer limited to "pruning away crufts" but also updates
ancillary files like commit-graph as a part of repository
optimization.

* ab/gc-doc-update:
gc doc: mention the commit-graph in the intro

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index f5bc98ccb3673079fa2e1205b57bc87acb3c1e90..c20ee6c7892518de4ba915e473e7ed736f68fe6b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository,
 such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase
 performance), removing unreachable objects which may have been
 created from prior invocations of 'git add', packing refs, pruning
-reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees.
+reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees. May also update ancillary
+indexes such as the commit-graph.
 
 Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within
 each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good