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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-09-29 16:49:42 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-09-29 16:49:42 -0700
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Merge branch 'jk/reduce-gc-aggressive-depth' into maint
"git gc --aggressive" used to limit the delta-chain length to 250, which is way too deep for gaining additional space savings and is detrimental for runtime performance. The limit has been reduced to 50. * jk/reduce-gc-aggressive-depth: gc: default aggressive depth to 50
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ fsck.skipList::
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 250.
+ to 50.
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression