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Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Audit and document Scalar config

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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 15, 2025, 14:33 UTC
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On 12/12/2025 6:49 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Updates in V3
>> =============
>>
>>  * Updated method names when setting recommended config.
>>  * Updated documentation section title now that nothing is "required".
>>  * Made distinction for index.threads=true as explicit setting.
>>  * Added documentation for log.exludeDecoration.
> 
> Looking good.
> 
>>       +index.threads=true::
>>       +	This tells Git to automatically detect how many threads it should use
>>      -+	when reading the index due to the default value of `core.preloadIndex`,
>>      -+	which enables parallel index reads.
>>      ++	when reading the index due the default value of	`core.preloadIndex`,
>>      ++	which enables parallel index reads. This explicit setting also enables
>>      ++	`index.recordOffsetTable=true` to speed up parallel index reads.
> 
> I understood the previous "due to" version (from the middle school
> English class I took eons ago), but not the updated one.
> 
> Other than that, there weren't anything iffy in the new version.
> Will replace.  Thanks.
Indeed, I don't know how I dropped that "to".

Thanks, -Stolee

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  1. 0/5 Audit and document Scalar configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  2. 1/5 scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtDec 1, 2025
  5. 2/5 scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performanceDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2025
  7. Derrick StoleeNov 30, 2025
  8. 3/5 scalar: remove stale config valuesDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2025
  10. 4/5 scalar: alphabetize and simplify configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  11. Patrick SteinhardtDec 1, 2025
  12. Derrick StoleeDec 1, 2025
  13. 5/5 scalar: document config settingsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 26, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2025
  15. Derrick StoleeNov 30, 2025
  16. Patrick SteinhardtDec 1, 2025
  17. Derrick StoleeDec 1, 2025
  18. Johannes SchindelinDec 1, 2025
  19. 0/5 Audit and document Scalar configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  20. 1/5 scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  21. Patrick SteinhardtDec 2, 2025
  22. 2/5 scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performanceDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  23. 3/5 scalar: remove stale config valuesDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  24. Matthew HughesDec 1, 2025
  25. Patrick SteinhardtDec 2, 2025
  26. Matthew HughesDec 2, 2025
  27. Patrick SteinhardtDec 2, 2025
  28. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2025
  29. Patrick SteinhardtDec 8, 2025
  30. Derrick StoleeDec 12, 2025
  31. 4/5 scalar: alphabetize and simplify configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  32. 5/5 scalar: document config settingsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2025
  33. Matthew HughesDec 1, 2025
  34. Patrick SteinhardtDec 2, 2025
  35. Henrique FerreiroDec 11, 2025
  36. Derrick StoleeDec 12, 2025
  37. Henrique FerreiroDec 15, 2025
  38. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2025
  39. 0/5 Audit and document Scalar configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  40. 1/5 scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  41. 2/5 scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performanceDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  42. 3/5 scalar: remove stale config valuesDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  43. 4/5 scalar: alphabetize and simplify configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  44. 5/5 scalar: document config settingsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Dec 12, 2025
  45. Henrique FerreiroDec 15, 2025
  46. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2025
  47. Derrick StoleeDec 15, 2025
  48. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2025

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