turn off auto gc

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e807b01e69de0138622c952d915718d96863657..d636dfb8cd932bbbba8177dfd0adf39c2b9626d8 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mr (0.37) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
-  * Add git-remote file to lib. 
+  * Add "gitless" file to lib. 
     This adds a special type of git repository, where the .git directory
     is stored on a file server, to avoid wasting space with it on the client.
 

diff --git a/lib/gitless b/lib/gitless
index 334326eab551bb24849ab0e063edc50f3eda5011..e686e589e954b9220e873a2cac3123022e7ff9a6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/gitless
+++ b/lib/gitless
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ lib =
                hostname="$(hostname)"
                if [ "$hostname" = "$server" ]; then
                        git clone "$dir.git" "$dir" 
+                       cd "$dir"
                else
                        if [ ! -d "$remotebase/$dir.$hostname" ]; then
                                git clone --no-checkout "$remotebase/$dir.git" "$remotebase/$dir.$hostname"
@@ -37,4 +38,8 @@ lib =
                        ln -sf "$remotebase/$dir.$hostname/.git"
                        git reset --hard
                fi
+               
+               # disable auto gc, because it breaks repo hard links,
+               # and is not smart to run over a networked filesystem
+               git config gc.auto 0
        }