summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-14 22:33:28 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-14 22:33:28 -0700
commitd225ae59c9102f2769c55749f80f7a94a92713e4 (patch)
tree35ed2e2aa5a7346f96fb46ef76a88df309acaf59 /Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
parent357c5e086c28581918329281be18ab236d33967f (diff)
parente1ef867328bd7d2cd67499ac30479821bdf96662 (diff)
downloadgit-d225ae59c9102f2769c55749f80f7a94a92713e4.tar.gz
Merge branch 'np/delta'
* np/delta: builtin-pack-objects.c: avoid bogus gcc warnings threaded delta search: proper locking for cache accounting threaded delta search: add pack.threads config variable fix threaded delta search locking threaded delta search: specify number of threads at run time threaded delta search: better chunck split point threaded delta search: refine work allocation basic threaded delta search rearrange delta search progress reporting localize window memory usage accounting straighten the list of objects to deltify
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index f8a0be3511..628f296ce1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ base-name::
length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
+--threads=<n>::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+ delta matches. This requires that pack-objects be compiled with
+ pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning.
+ This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines.
+ The required amount of memory for the delta search window is
+ however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]::
This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force