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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-09-14 22:33:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-09-14 22:33:28 -0700 |
| commit | d225ae59c9102f2769c55749f80f7a94a92713e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 35ed2e2aa5a7346f96fb46ef76a88df309acaf59 /Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | |
| parent | 357c5e086c28581918329281be18ab236d33967f (diff) | |
| parent | e1ef867328bd7d2cd67499ac30479821bdf96662 (diff) | |
| download | git-d225ae59c9102f2769c55749f80f7a94a92713e4.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'np/delta'
* np/delta:
builtin-pack-objects.c: avoid bogus gcc warnings
threaded delta search: proper locking for cache accounting
threaded delta search: add pack.threads config variable
fix threaded delta search locking
threaded delta search: specify number of threads at run time
threaded delta search: better chunck split point
threaded delta search: refine work allocation
basic threaded delta search
rearrange delta search progress reporting
localize window memory usage accounting
straighten the list of objects to deltify
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index f8a0be3511..628f296ce1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ base-name:: length, this option typically shrinks the resulting packfile by 3-5 per-cent. +--threads=<n>:: + Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best + delta matches. This requires that pack-objects be compiled with + pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning. + This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines. + The required amount of memory for the delta search window is + however multiplied by the number of threads. + --index-version=<version>[,<offset>]:: This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force |