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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-08-21 22:34:02 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-08-21 22:34:02 +0400 |
| commit | f393747c4c1328d01840a4a3345b859c2dea24a5 (patch) | |
| tree | debd1d939bccc753cce76a1f0866ab157ccd1caf /Documentation | |
| parent | 985d54008359db59a45462627884703aa7ce1ddb (diff) | |
| parent | 5749b0b2f935dc418c98ba8e7c52c3291451bc4a (diff) | |
Merge branch 'np/maint-limit-delta-cache' into maint
* np/maint-limit-delta-cache:
don't let the delta cache grow unbounded in 'git repack'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index e94a8ab746..2632c5149e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1218,12 +1218,20 @@ pack.compression:: pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. - A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack. + This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not + having to recompute the final delta result once the best match + for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines + which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though, + especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping. + A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be + used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB. pack.deltaCacheLimit:: The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the + writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta + result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000. pack.threads:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best |