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Re: [PATCH] doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note

From
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date
Sep 23, 2021, 20:32 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 01:27:31PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:47:03AM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> >> On 9/22/2021 6:13 PM, Eric Wong wrote:
> >> > Multi-pack-index files are used by default since
> >> > commit 18e449f86b74bab35b150549c8342d252fe7ae00, so the
> >> > outdated note was misleading.
> >>
> >> You are correct that the note is misleading, but it is still correct.
> >>
> >> A user can _disable_ reading MIDX files by setting core.multiPackIndex
> >> to false. If this was in the user-facing docs, not the technical docs,
> >> then I might push back on trying to make that distinction.
> >
> > It may present a fuller picture to instead say:
> >
> >   The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on (which is the default)
> >   to consume MIDX files. Setting it to `false` prevents Git from reading a
> >   MIDX file, even if one exists.
>
> Do you want to replace the one-line sentence with that paragraph,
> instead of removing it, in a replacement patch?
That's what I was hoping for, and Eric did that here:
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210923201252.GA25980@dcvr/

Thanks, Taylor

Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 9 of 9 in “doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note”
  1. doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default noteEric Wong, Sep 22, 2021
  2. Derrick StoleeSep 23, 2021
  3. Taylor BlauSep 23, 2021
  4. doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndexEric Wong, Sep 23, 2021
  5. Taylor BlauSep 23, 2021
  6. doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndexEric Wong, Sep 24, 2021
  7. Derrick StoleeSep 25, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2021
  9. Taylor BlauSep 23, 2021

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