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| author | Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> | 2024-04-22 06:35:06 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-04-22 15:54:01 (GMT) |
| commit | bbeb79789c1e817d9a2f395197121b6ebadf5fba (patch) | |
| tree | 622b03c929860850d88f03ca8f7bbd073bce2acc /Documentation/RelNotes | |
| parent | bf3fe4f1a2c01991130db9d8306a57f58e17dc3e (diff) | |
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docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto`
The changelog entry for the new `git pack-refs --auto` mode only says
that the new flag is useful, but doesn't really say what it does. Add
some more information.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RelNotes')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt index 3845866..0b12209 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features skip showing the hunk immediately after it has already been shown, and an additional action to explicitly ask to reshow the current hunk. - * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which is a useful - addition to be triggered from "git gc --auto". + * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which defers the decision of + whether and how to pack to the ref backend. This is used by the reftable + backend to avoid repacking of an already-optimal ref database. The new mode + is triggered from "git gc --auto". * "git add -u <pathspec>" and "git commit [-i] <pathspec>" did not diagnose a pathspec element that did not match any files in certain |