git-gc --auto: add documentation.
This documents the auto-packing of loose objects performed by
git-gc --auto.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 866e053..6b6553d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
+gc.auto::
+ When there are approximately more than this many loose
+ objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+ Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+ light-weight garbage collection from time to time. Setting
+ this to 0 disables it.
+
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
