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git gc runs automatically when some threshold is met in the number of "loose" objects (objects that were created by e.g. git add and that haven't been packed ye

git gc runs automatically when some threshold is met in the number of "loose" objects (objects that were created by e.g. git add and that haven't been packed yet). I don't remember what the threshold is, though.

u801e 6y ago
I believe loose objects are also packed when pushing to a remote or fetching from it. I wonder if the remote's .git folder is also about 3 MB in size.
- glandium 6y ago
  Indeed, the git protocol exchanges packs.