From 0d0d8d8a11f85d563552a7e91129814e315d9c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:11:36 +0000 Subject: doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndex MIDX files are used by default since commit 18e449f86b74 (midx: enable core.multiPackIndex by default, 2020-09-25) Helped-by: Taylor Blau Signed-off-by: Eric Wong Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt index e8e377a59f..ddfceece64 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Design Details directory of an alternate. It refers only to packfiles in that same directory. -- The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on to consume MIDX files. +- The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on (which is the + default) to consume MIDX files. Setting it to `false` prevents + Git from reading a MIDX file, even if one exists. - The file format includes parameters for the object ID hash function, so a future change of hash algorithm does not require -- cgit v1.2.3