GNU bug report logs - #65720
Guile-Git-managed checkouts grow way too much

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Message #88 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>,
 Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 65720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#65720: [PATCH] git: Shell out to ‘git gc’ when necessary.
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:27:39 +0000

>Why not trigger it by “guix gc”?

Unless there's a new option I missed, guix gc doesn't handle this.

>Well, I expect “guix gc” to take some time and I choose when.  However,
>I want “guix pull” or “guix time-machine” to be as fast as possible

I don't think that things should be pushed into guix gc merely because they are slow.

This is not a great post (I'd look at the git code if I were at a computer) but I remember git printing something like 'optimising repository in the background'.  Maybe something similar would be appropriate here, to better hide such housekeeping from the user.


Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

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