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| author | Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net> | 2006-10-06 11:15:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-06 02:53:39 -0700 |
| commit | 3df196716eb89e752c96cf252d5c712387a7c112 (patch) | |
| tree | 213c17c769192d0017e216f9a68d78f17d50b381 /Documentation | |
| parent | abd6970acad5d758f48c13f7420367ae8216038e (diff) | |
| download | git-3df196716eb89e752c96cf252d5c712387a7c112.tar.gz git-3df196716eb89e752c96cf252d5c712387a7c112.tar.xz | |
Add default values for --window and --depth to the docs
Currently, you actually have to read the source to find out the
default values. While at it, fix two typos and suggest that these
options actually take a parameter in git-pack-objects.txt.
Signed-off-by: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index d4661ddc2..f52e8fa8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ base-name:: --all:: This implies `--revs`. In addition to the list of revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend - as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specifed to be + as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specified to be included. ---window and --depth:: - These two options affects how the objects contained in +--window=[N], --depth=[N]:: + These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the other objects @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ base-name:: it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta data needs to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object. + The default value for both --window and --depth is 10. --incremental:: This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 49f7e0a4a..d2eaa0995 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ OPTIONS `git update-server-info`. --window=[N], --depth=[N]:: - These two options affects how the objects contained in the pack are + These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the other objects within `--window` to see if using delta compression saves space. `--depth` limits the maximum delta depth; making it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta data needs to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object. + The default value for both --window and --depth is 10. Author |