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| author | Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> | 2010-02-04 16:19:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-02-04 15:12:16 -0800 |
| commit | 9f17688d93c18bdd0532d2733710dc4d23921282 (patch) | |
| tree | 75b85e72a720dfd906692ddd5ae04d372b0bc755 | |
| parent | 89c38500192e00988966246420902dc946e4f4ef (diff) | |
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update git-repack documentation wrt repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset
This default for repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset has been "true" since
Git v1.6.0.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index e2f2fa203..8c67d1724 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. 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). +By default, 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 +version 1.4.4. If you need to share your repository with such ancient Git +versions, either directly or via the dumb http or rsync protocol, then you +need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to +"false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the native protocol +is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly +as needed in that case. Author |