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authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2006-12-30 22:13:43 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-30 22:45:00 -0800
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Update packedGit config option documentation.
Corrected minor typos and documented the new k/m/g suffix for core.packedGitWindowSize and core.packedGitLimit. [jc: with a minor markup fix.] Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 744484b98..6c8382901 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -123,11 +123,13 @@ core.packedGitWindowSize::
single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
- performance due to increased calls to the opreating system's
+ performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
a large number of large pack files. Default is 32 MiB,
which should be reasonable for all users/operating systems.
You probably do not need to adjust this value.
++
+Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
core.packedGitLimit::
Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
@@ -135,8 +137,10 @@ core.packedGitLimit::
bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
Default is 256 MiB, which should be reasonable for all
- users/operating systems, except on largest Git projects.
+ users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
You probably do not need to adjust this value.
++
+Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
alias.*::
Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.