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| author | Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> | 2010-09-27 16:21:58 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-09-27 23:39:50 +0400 |
| commit | 89d71f7564cb3945b2775092284a4de807f577e4 (patch) | |
| tree | ff0d62592e6ab624977fa73bf4d4eca618659bb3 /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | 5c47e1c7c56c60360646367e4067ed344a833b01 (diff) | |
Documentation: pack.compression: explain how to recompress
Add a small remark about how to recompress all existing objects after
changing the compression level for pack files.
Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d82c0da2cf..ad81df3370 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1466,6 +1466,10 @@ pack.compression:: not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent to level 6)." ++ +Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress +all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option +to linkgit:git-repack[1]. pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in |