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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 0b53cab..5256c7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ color.interactive.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from interactive - programs. The values of these variables may be specified as + commands. The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. color.pager:: @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ instaweb.port:: linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. interactive.singlekey:: - In interactive programs, allow the user to provide one-letter + In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently @@ -1226,12 +1226,20 @@ pack.compression:: pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. - A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack. + This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not + having to recompute the final delta result once the best match + for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines + which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though, + especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping. + A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be + used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB. pack.deltaCacheLimit:: The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000. + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the + writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta + result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000. pack.threads:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best |