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everyday: replace 'prune' and 'repack' with 'gc'

In everyday tasks, "repack -a -d -f" won't be used, so there
is not much point mentioning "repack".  By showing the --prune
option to "gc", we can do without mentioning "git prune", too.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Miklos Vajna 17 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/everyday.txt

@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories. @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories.

* gitlink:git-fsck[1] to check the repository for errors.

* gitlink:git-prune[1] to remove unused objects in the repository.

* gitlink:git-repack[1] to pack loose objects for efficiency.

* gitlink:git-gc[1] to do common housekeeping tasks such as
repack and prune.

@ -45,24 +41,21 @@ Check health and remove cruft.:: @@ -45,24 +41,21 @@ Check health and remove cruft.::
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$ git fsck <1>
$ git count-objects <2>
$ git repack <3>
$ git gc <4>
$ git gc <3>
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<1> running without `\--full` is usually cheap and assures the
repository health reasonably well.
<2> check how many loose objects there are and how much
disk space is wasted by not repacking.
<3> without `-a` repacks incrementally. repacking every 4-5MB
of loose objects accumulation may be a good rule of thumb.
<4> it is easier to use `git gc` than individual housekeeping commands
such as `prune` and `repack`. This runs `repack -a -d`.
<3> repacks the local repository and performs other housekeeping tasks. Running
without `--prune` is a safe operation even while other ones are in progress.

Repack a small project into single pack.::
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$ git repack -a -d <1>
$ git prune
$ git gc <1>
$ git gc --prune
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<1> pack all the objects reachable from the refs into one pack,
@ -189,7 +182,7 @@ $ git pull <3> @@ -189,7 +182,7 @@ $ git pull <3>
$ git log -p ORIG_HEAD.. arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <4>
$ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/.../jgarzik/libata-dev.git ALL <5>
$ git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD <6>
$ git prune <7>
$ git gc --prune <7>
$ git fetch --tags <8>
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