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| author | Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> | 2007-09-10 00:06:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-09-09 22:26:06 -0700 |
| commit | 367f4a4343d467ac76641362b102bc86da5cb584 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a9bf81d459b619366dee8e72ffc989320946ead /Documentation | |
| parent | 59921b4b3f24b19e2593085ee27d5e1f2448c6bb (diff) | |
| download | git-367f4a4343d467ac76641362b102bc86da5cb584.tar.gz git-367f4a4343d467ac76641362b102bc86da5cb584.tar.xz | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 6f17cff24..f9b97956e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ 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 |