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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>2007-09-10 00:06:11 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-09 22:26:06 -0700
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threaded delta search: specify number of threads at run time
This adds a --threads=<n> parameter to 'git pack-objects' with documentation. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ base-name::
length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
+--threads=<n>::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+ delta matches. This requires that pack-objects be compiled with
+ pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning.
+ This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines.
+ The required amount of memory for the delta search window is
+ however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]::
This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force