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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gc.txt3
-rw-r--r--builtin/gc.c8
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 79e576878a..5ce7f9a68b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1151,6 +1151,11 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge::
object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+gc.aggressiveDepth::
+ The depth parameter used in the delta compression
+ algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
+ to 250.
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index e158a3b31f..273c4663c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ the value, the more time is spent optimizing the delta compression. See
the documentation for the --window' option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for
more details. This defaults to 250.
+Similarly, the optional configuration variable 'gc.aggressiveDepth'
+controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 250.
+
The optional configuration variable 'gc.pruneExpire' controls how old
the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned. The
default is "2 weeks ago".
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 63d400bcb2..72aa91206d 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_gc_usage[] = {
};
static int pack_refs = 1;
+static int aggressive_depth = 250;
static int aggressive_window = 250;
static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 50;
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
aggressive_window = git_config_int(var, value);
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "gc.aggressivedepth")) {
+ aggressive_depth = git_config_int(var, value);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (!strcmp(var, "gc.auto")) {
gc_auto_threshold = git_config_int(var, value);
return 0;
@@ -294,7 +299,8 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (aggressive) {
argv_array_push(&repack, "-f");
- argv_array_push(&repack, "--depth=250");
+ if (aggressive_depth > 0)
+ argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth);
if (aggressive_window > 0)
argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--window=%d", aggressive_window);
}