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Re: [PATCH v3] doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndex

From
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2021, 17:17 UTC
Message-ID
<be95aff9-b2e4-c3b8-a32a-375a3053fdfb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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On 9/24/2021 7:11 AM, Eric Wong wrote:
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> MIDX files are used by default since commit 18e449f86b74
> (midx: enable core.multiPackIndex by default, 2020-09-25)
> 
> Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
> ---
>  v3: I cited the wrong commit in the commit message of v2 :x
Good catch.
 
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>  Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
> index 1a73c3ee203e..86f40f24909a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt
> @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Design Details
>    directory of an alternate. It refers only to packfiles in that
>    same directory.
>  
> -- The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on to consume MIDX files.
> +- 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.
>  
>  - The file format includes parameters for the object ID hash
>    function, so a future change of hash algorithm does not require
This looks good to me, too!

Thanks, -Stolee

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Message 7 of 9 in “doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note”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 doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default noteEric Wong, Sep 22, 2021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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