Re: [PATCH] Add a message explaining that automatic GC is about to start

Brian Gernhardt wrote:

I'm not sure telling the users how to disable it every time it shows 
up is a good idea.  gc --auto exists for the naive user, and 
suggesting they turn it off each time it happens will just result 
in...  people turning it off, leading back to the performance issues 
that caused the feature to be installed in the first place.  Perhaps a 
message more along the lines of "To avoid this, run "git gc" manually 
on a regular basis.  See 'git help gc' for more information."

That's a good point. Jeff / Shawn, do you agree with that? I'll come up 
with an alternate patch if so.

-Steve