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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago"
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:13:53 -0700
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> If "--prune" is passed to gc, it still just calls "git prune".
> Otherwise, "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" is called, where the grace
> period is overrideable by the config variable gc.pruneExpire.

"What it does."

> While adding a test to t5304-prune.sh (since it really tests the
> implicit call to "prune"), the original test for "prune --expire"
> is moved there from t1410-reflog.sh, where it did not belong.

"What the fallouts from this change were."

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Can we also have "why this is a good idea", "what problem this solves"?