We use a central Git repository. Would it be useful to regularly run “git gc” on the server?
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We use a central Git repository. Would it be useful to regularly run “git gc” on the server?
According to the man page:
If you care about disk usage, sure it would be useful. If you’ve got efficiency in mind, benchmark it.
git gcshouldn’t cause any harm, especially in a central repository whose contents are rarely (or rather never) deleted after being written. How often should you run it? It depends.