From 05f304526197ac6e27ce1fe2e010eb023472b30b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:06:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] make it easier for people who just want to get rid of 'git gc --auto' Give a direct hint to those who feel highly annoyed by the auto gc behavior. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-gc.txt | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 229a7c9b3..d424a4ecb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -19,8 +19,15 @@ created from prior invocations of linkgit:git-add[1]. Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good -operating performance. Some git commands may automatically run -`git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag below for details. +operating performance. + +Some git commands may automatically run `git-gc`; see the `--auto` flag +below for details. If you know what you're doing and all you want is to +disable this behavior permanently without further considerations, just do: + +---------------------- +$ git config --global gc.auto 0 +---------------------- OPTIONS ------- -- 2.30.2