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# Housekeeping
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> [Introduced][ce-2371] in GitLab 8.4.
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## Automatic housekeeping
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GitLab automatically runs `git gc` and `git repack` on repositories
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after Git pushes. If needed you can change how often this happens, or
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to turn it off, go to **Admin area > Settings**
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(`/admin/application_settings`).
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## Manual housekeeping
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The housekeeping function will run a `repack` or `gc` depending on the
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"Automatic Git repository housekeeping" settings configured in **Admin area > Settings**
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For example in the following scenario a `git repack -d` will be executed:
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- Project: pushes since gc counter (`pushes_since_gc`) = `10`
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- Git GC period = `200`
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- Full repack period = `50`
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When the `pushes_since_gc` value is 50 a `repack -A -d --pack-kept-objects` will run, similarly when
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the `pushes_since_gc` value is 200 a `git gc` will be run.
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- `git gc` ([man page][man-gc]) runs a number of housekeeping tasks,
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such as compressing filerevisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance)
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and removing unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of
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`git add`.
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- `git repack` ([man page][man-repack]) re-organize existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.
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You can find this option under your project's **Settings > General > Advanced**.
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[ce-2371]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/merge_requests/2371 "Housekeeping merge request"
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[man-gc]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html "git gc man page"
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[man-repack]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-repack.html
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