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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>2007-09-10 11:51:34 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-10 10:50:21 -0700
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threaded delta search: add pack.threads config variable
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -630,9 +630,17 @@ pack.deltaCacheSize::
A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
pack.deltaCacheLimit::
- The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
+ The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
+pack.threads::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+ delta matches. This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+ 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.
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.