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# Housekeeping
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/3041) in GitLab 8.4.
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## Automatic housekeeping
GitLab automatically runs `git gc` and `git repack` on repositories
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after Git pushes. You can change how often this happens or turn it off in
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**Admin Area > Settings > Repository** (`/admin/application_settings/repository`).
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## Manual housekeeping
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The housekeeping function runs `repack` or `gc` depending on the
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**Housekeeping** settings configured in **Admin Area > Settings > Repository** .
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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`
- Git GC period = `200`
- 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
the `pushes_since_gc` value is 200 a `git gc` will be run.
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- `git gc` ([man page](https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html)) runs a number of housekeeping tasks,
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such as compressing filerevisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance)
and removing unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of
`git add` .
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- `git repack` ([man page](https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-repack.html)) 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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