[PATCH v3 3/4] glossary: add reachability bitmap description
Describe the purpose of the reachability bitmap.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
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Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index a526710278..5a537268e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ exclude;;
<<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>>
that they contain.
+[[def_reachability_bitmap]]reachability bitmaps::
+ Reachability bitmaps store information about the
+ <<def_reachable,reachability>> of a selected set of commits in
+ a packfile, or a multi-pack index (MIDX), to speed up object search.
+ The bitmaps are stored in a ".bitmap" file. A repository may have at
+ most one bitmap file in use. The bitmap file may belong to either one
+ pack, or the repository's multi-pack index (if it exists).
+
[[def_rebase]]rebase::
To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a
different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch
--
2.38.1.windows.1
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>