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diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 38fea076a2..ca47eb2008 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ gc.autoDetach::
if the system supports it. Default is true.
gc.bigPackThreshold::
- If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when
- `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-largest-pack`
- except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not
- just the largest pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
- 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+ If non-zero, all non-cruft packs larger than this limit are kept
+ when `git gc` is run. This is very similar to
+ `--keep-largest-pack` except that all non-cruft packs that meet
+ the threshold are kept, not just the largest pack. Defaults to
+ zero. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+
Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ gc.packRefs::
gc.cruftPacks::
Store unreachable objects in a cruft pack (see
linkgit:git-repack[1]) instead of as loose objects. The default
- is `false`.
+ is `true`.
gc.pruneExpire::
When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current
project most users will want to expire them sooner, which is why the
default is more aggressive than `gc.reflogExpire`.
+gc.recentObjectsHook::
+ When considering whether or not to remove an object (either when
+ generating a cruft pack or storing unreachable objects as
+ loose), use the shell to execute the specified command(s).
+ Interpret their output as object IDs which Git will consider as
+ "recent", regardless of their age. By treating their mtimes as
+ "now", any objects (and their descendants) mentioned in the
+ output will be kept regardless of their true age.
++
+Output must contain exactly one hex object ID per line, and nothing
+else. Objects which cannot be found in the repository are ignored.
+Multiple hooks are supported, but all must exit successfully, else the
+operation (either generating a cruft pack or unpacking unreachable
+objects) will be halted.
+
gc.rerereResolved::
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.