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

Steven Grimm [off-list ref] wrote:

Brian Gernhardt wrote:

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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.

Arrgh.  I already have the original patch in this thread in my master
so I can't rewind it.  But yes, the argument Brian is making above
makes a lot of sense and I like his proposed message even better
than what I've already applied.

A patch against spearce/master to revert the prior message and insert
something that is perhaps more reasonable would be most appreciated.

-- 
Shawn.