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diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index edac75c83f..9cdcfa7324 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ pack.useBitmaps:: true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless you are debugging pack bitmaps. +pack.useSparse:: + When true, git will default to using the '--sparse' option in + 'git pack-objects' when the '--revs' option is present. This + algorithm only walks trees that appear in paths that introduce new + objects. This can have significant performance benefits when + computing a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible + that extra objects are added to the pack-file if the included + commits contain certain types of direct renames. + pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated):: This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`. @@ -115,6 +124,4 @@ pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4 - bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap - implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if - Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false. + bytes per object of disk space. Defaults to true. |