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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 866e0534b8..015910f27a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -630,9 +630,17 @@ pack.deltaCacheSize:: A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. pack.deltaCacheLimit:: - The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in + The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000. +pack.threads:: + Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best + delta matches. This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] + 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. + pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches at once. 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 |