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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 runs `git gc` ([man page][man]) on the current
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project Git repository.
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`git gc` runs a number of housekeeping tasks, such as compressing file
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revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance) and removing
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unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of
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`git add`.
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You can find this option under your **[Project] > Edit Project**.
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[ce-2371]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2371 "Housekeeping merge request"
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[man]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html "git gc man page"
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