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[PATCH v5 21/22] Documentation/config: add splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 6, 2017, 09:42 UTC
Message-ID
<20170306094203.28250-22-chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
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<20170306094203.28250-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index b64aa7db2d..2afd5d982b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2864,6 +2864,18 @@ splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
 	than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
 	See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
 
+splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
+	When the split index feature is used, shared index files that
+	were not modified since the time this variable specifies will
+	be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value
+	"now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses
+	expiration altogether.
+	The default value is "2.weeks.ago".
+	Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the
+	purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is
+	created based on it.
+	See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+
 status.relativePaths::
 	By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
 	current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
-- 
2.12.0.206.g74921e51d6.dirty
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  1. 00/22 Add configuration options for split-indexChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  2. 11/22 read-cache: regenerate shared index if necessaryChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  3. 17/22 read-cache: unlink old sharedindex filesChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  4. 09/22 Documentation/git-update-index: talk about core.splitIndex config varChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  5. 22/22 Documentation/git-update-index: explain splitIndex.*Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  6. 14/22 sha1_file: make check_and_freshen_file() non staticChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  7. 20/22 read-cache: use freshen_shared_index() in read_index_from()Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  8. 19/22 read-cache: refactor read_index_from()Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  9. 13/22 Documentation/config: add splitIndex.maxPercentChangeChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  10. 10/22 config: add git_config_get_max_percent_split_change()Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  11. 06/22 update-index: warn in case of split-index incoherencyChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  12. 18/22 t1700: test shared index file expirationChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  13. 15/22 read-cache: touch shared index files when usedChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  14. 07/22 t1700: add tests for core.splitIndexChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  15. 16/22 config: add git_config_get_expiry() from gc.cChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  16. 12/22 t1700: add tests for splitIndex.maxPercentChangeChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  17. 04/22 split-index: add {add,remove}_split_index() functionsChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  18. 21/22 Documentation/config: add splitIndex.sharedIndexExpireChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  19. 02/22 t1700: change here document styleChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  20. 08/22 Documentation/config: add information for core.splitIndexChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  21. 05/22 read-cache: add and then use tweak_split_index()Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  22. 01/22 config: mark an error message up for translationChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2017
  23. 03/22 config: add git_config_get_split_index()Christian Couder, Mar 6, 2017

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