Merge branch 'maint-1.6.2' into maint-1.6.3

[git.git] / Documentation / git-gc.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 7086eea74a38b036130f61db362bae209a065e47..dcac8c8e2970c23454f206321292583945ede8c5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet]
+'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ are consolidated into a single pack by using the `-A` option of
 'git-repack'. Setting `gc.autopacklimit` to 0 disables
 automatic consolidation of packs.
 
+--prune=<date>::
+       Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
+       overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`).  This
+       option is on by default.
+
+--no-prune::
+       Do not prune any loose objects.
+
 --quiet::
        Suppress all progress reports.