git-gui reports it has 256 loose objects each time is run and suggests compression which goes fine. How to fix it?

Question

After an unexpected shutdown, now git seemingly works fine but each time is run is asking for compression since it finds 256 loose objects. Is it possible to be cleaned?

Answer 1

Run git gc. If that doesn't work, please copy the error message.

Answer 2

I had the same issue, git gc did not solve it for me (even with the most aggressive etc. options). But it worked:

git config --global gui.gcwarning false

(it suppresses the window pop-up that is really annoying) See How to skip "Loose Object" popup when running 'git gui'