From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:09:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] scalar: document config settings
Message-ID: <xmqqbjkol4je.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <18580f020d149eaa8271542d7e629ef10fd8c9a0.1764195516.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> +commitGraph.generationVersion=1::
> +	While the preferred version is 2 for performance reasons, existing users
> +	that had version 1 by default will need special care in upgrading to
> +	version 2. This is likely to change in the future as the upgrade story
> +	is solidifies.

"as the upgrade story solidifies"?

> +fetch.writeCommitGraph=false::
> +	This config setting was created to help users automatically udpate their
> +	commit-graph files as they perform fetches. However, this takes time
> +	from foreground fetches and pulls and Scalar uses background maintenance
> +	for this function instead.

"update their files".

> +index.threads=true::
> +	This tells Git to automatically detect how many threads it should use
> +	when reading the index in parallel due to the `core.preloadIndex=true`
> +	setting.

Is "due to the `core.preloadIndex=true` setting" part of this
sentence still relevant?


Other than that, superbly written.  Thanks, will queue.