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authorDerrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>2021-03-30 13:10:59 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-03-30 19:57:47 (GMT)
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sparse-index: add index.sparse config option
When enabled, this config option signals that index writes should attempt to use sparse-directory entries. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ index.recordOffsetTable::
Defaults to 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled,
'false' otherwise.
+index.sparse::
+ When enabled, write the index using sparse-directory entries. This
+ has no effect unless `core.sparseCheckout` and
+ `core.sparseCheckoutCone` are both enabled. Defaults to 'false'.
+
index.threads::
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines.