Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] Documentation/config/pack.txt: advertise 'pack.writeReverseIndex'

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 29, 2021, 00:30 UTC
Message-ID: <YBNXQDlmdZVeMsA8@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7e29f2d3a08c42b1e8368c4a2f52a11cc47ee959.1611617820.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 06:37:34PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:

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> +pack.writeReverseIndex::
> +	When true, git will write a corresponding .rev file (see:
> +	link:../technical/pack-format.html[Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt])
> +	for each new packfile that it writes in all places except for
> +	linkgit:git-fast-import[1] and in the bulk checkin mechanism.
> +	Defaults to false.

We may want to teach fast-import about this, too, but I think it's OK to draw the line here for now (it's already reasonably well known that the generated packs aren't amazing and benefit from repacking).

-Peff

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