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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-23 09:51:42 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-23 09:51:42 +0400 |
| commit | 05eb811aa1546b696c6c4d55593cfd4fbef0dce5 (patch) | |
| tree | bad8266ba08310f00a1998063c545dd3707fdc3c /Documentation/git-repack.txt | |
| parent | 02a20456d2c5efccbdd0093ad2a16134f160c218 (diff) | |
| parent | 2d477051ef260aad352d63fc7d9c07e4ebb4359b (diff) | |
Merge branch 'np/pack'
* np/pack:
add the capability for index-pack to read from a stream
index-pack: compare only the first 20-bytes of the key.
git-repack: repo.usedeltabaseoffset
pack-objects: document --delta-base-offset option
allow delta data reuse even if base object is a preferred base
zap a debug remnant
let the GIT native protocol use offsets to delta base when possible
make pack data reuse compatible with both delta types
make git-pack-objects able to create deltas with offset to base
teach git-index-pack about deltas with offset to base
teach git-unpack-objects about deltas with offset to base
introduce delta objects with offset to base
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-repack.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index d2eaa0995d..0fa47e3b01 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ OPTIONS The default value for both --window and --depth is 10. +Configuration +------------- + +When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set +for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset` +option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly +smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with +versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set +the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to +be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can +be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs +that way can try to use older git with it). + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |