Add a message explaining that automatic GC is about to start

Signed-off-by: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
git-mirror · Oct 18, 2007 · 130faab · 130faab
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diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		prune = 0;
 		if (!need_to_gc())
 			return 0;
+		fprintf(stderr, "Packing your repository for optimum "
+			"performance. If you would rather run\n"
+			"\"git gc\" by hand, run \"git config gc.auto 0\" "
+			"to disable automatic cleanup.\n");
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Use safer (for shared repos) "-A" option to