From: Patrick Steinhardt Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:35:06 GMT Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto` Message-ID: <2f8c2d54d73cd53f6d310513fe5aeed05a5b7a4f.1713767605.git.ps@pks.im> In-Reply-To: The changelog entry for the new `git pack-refs --auto` mode only says that the new flag is useful, but doesn't really say what it does. Add some more information. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt index 0570dcd877..0fc29bc3ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features skip showing the hunk immediately after it has already been shown, and an additional action to explicitly ask to reshow the current hunk. - * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which is a useful - addition to be triggered from "git gc --auto". + * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which defers the decision of + whether and how to pack to the ref backend. This is used by the reftable + backend to avoid repacking of an already-optimal ref database. The new mode + is triggered from "git gc --auto". * "git add -u " and "git commit [-i] " did not diagnose a pathspec element that did not match any files in certain -- 2.45.0-rc0