This was added back in
7e52f56 (gc: do not explode objects
which will be immediately pruned, 2012-04-07), but not
documented at the time, since it was an internal detail
between git-gc and git-repack. However, as people with
complicated setups may want to effectively reimplement the
steps of git-gc themselves, it is nice for us to document
these interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
with `-b` or `repack.writeBitmaps`, as it ensures that the
bitmapped packfile has the necessary objects.
+--unpack-unreachable=<when>::
+ When loosening unreachable objects, do not bother loosening any
+ objects older than `<when>`. This can be used to optimize out
+ the write of any objects that would be immediately pruned by
+ a follow-up `git prune`.
+
Configuration
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