Re: [Alt. PATCH 2/2] Documentation: pack.compression: explain how to recompress
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Jan Krüger wrote:
> Add a small remark about how to recompress all existing objects after
> changing the compression level for pack files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
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>
> --- Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
>
> > In addition to that change, perhaps a note could be added to the
> > documentation for pack.compression indicating that for the new
> > setting to take effect for existing packs, they must be repacked with
> > -F.
>
> Good idea. Here it is.
>
> Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index d294dd6..506477b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -1465,6 +1465,10 @@ pack.compression::
> not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
> compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
> to level 6)."
> ++
> +Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
> +all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
> +to linkgit:git-repack[1].
>
> pack.deltaCacheSize::
> The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
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> 1.7.2.3.392.g02377.dirty
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>