builtin/merge.c: const char *argv_gc_auto[] = { “gc”, “–auto”, NULL }; builtin/receive-pack.c: “gc”, “–auto”, “–quiet”, NULL, git-am.sh: git gc –auto git-rebase–interactive.sh: git gc –auto && git-svn.perl: command_noisy(‘gc’, ‘–auto’); From git grep — –auto on git.git, those results looked interesting. The notable one is builtin/merge.c meaning that the ever so common git pull should trigger a git … Read more
I used instructions from this link. Same idea as Charles Baileys suggested. A copy of the commands is here: git config –global pack.windowMemory “100m” git config –global pack.packSizeLimit “100m” git config –global pack.threads “1” This worked for me on hostgator with shared hosting account.
Maybe it’s too late to post a reply, but as this page is the first Google’s result, it may still be helpful. If you want to free some space in your git repo, but do not want to rebuild all your commits (rebase or graft), and still be able to push/pull/merge from people who has … Read more