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| author | Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> | 2010-02-18 01:10:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-02-18 17:13:18 -0800 |
| commit | 738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 718179c8b15a91d859174d63f4a8d236963da082 /Documentation/git-push.txt | |
| parent | cc1b8d8bc6e453b96798574d67ce9590eb3e82e1 (diff) | |
| download | git-738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1.tar.gz | |
Documentation: describe --thin more accurately
The description for --thin was misleading and downright wrong. Correct
it with some inspiration from the description of index-pack's --fix-thin
and some background information from Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-push.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 3f103ccb00..49b6bd9d92 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. --thin:: --no-thin:: - These options are passed to 'git send-pack'. Thin - transfer spends extra cycles to minimize the number of - objects to be sent and meant to be used on slower connection. + These options are passed to linkgit:git-send-pack[1]. A thin transfer + significantly reduces the amount of sent data when the sender and + receiver share many of the same objects in common. The default is + \--thin. -v:: --verbose:: |