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| author | Brian Downing <bdowning@lavos.net> | 2007-11-19 19:58:51 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-11-20 11:14:12 +0300 |
| commit | dec92309417d17cc35196efd018f15981f22b235 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c2dd6a94ac4e8675fbfcd2887a562541fa26476 /Documentation | |
| parent | de1b24609b72920c618a689cfb620ede01640c8a (diff) | |
config: clarify compression defaults
* Clarify that core.compression provides a system-wide default to
other compression parameters.
* Explain that the default for pack.compression, -1, is "a default
compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
to level 6)" according to zlib.h.
Signed-off-by: Brian Downing <bdowning@lavos.net>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 95656526c4..83bc33c421 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ core.compression:: An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. + If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, + such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'. core.loosecompression:: An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that @@ -622,7 +624,9 @@ pack.compression:: in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is - not set, defaults to -1. + not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default + compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent + to level 6)." pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in |