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Merge branch 'jc/doc-gc-prune-now'

"git gc" is safe to run anytime only because it has the built-in
grace period to protect young objects.  In order to run with no
grace period, the user must make sure that the repository is
quiescent.

* jc/doc-gc-prune-now:
  Documentation/gc: warn against --prune=<now>
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Junio C Hamano 9 years ago
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@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ automatic consolidation of packs. @@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.
--prune=<date>::
Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).
--prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age.
--prune is on by default.
--prune=all prunes loose objects regardless of their age (do
not use --prune=all unless you know exactly what you are doing.
Unless the repository is quiescent, you will lose newly created
objects that haven't been anchored with the refs and end up
corrupting your repository). --prune is on by default.

--no-prune::
Do not prune any loose objects.

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