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[PATCH] Add default values for --window and --depth to the docs

From
DSDennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
Date
Oct 6, 2006, 09:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20061006091503.16069.36227.stgit@leonov.stosberg.net>

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>
---
 Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt |    7 ++++---
 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 d4661dd..f52e8fa 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 49f7e0a..d2eaa09 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.
 
 
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  1. Add default values for --window and --depth to the docsDennis Stosberg, Oct 6, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2006

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