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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-pack-objects.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c6f09f801a..7791c32bc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1218,12 +1218,20 @@ 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 diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c index ef4bf6bc14..9cc8a8451d 100644 --- a/builtin-pack-objects.c +++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int pack_compression_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION; static int pack_compression_seen; static unsigned long delta_cache_size = 0; -static unsigned long max_delta_cache_size = 0; +static unsigned long max_delta_cache_size = 256 * 1024 * 1024; static unsigned long cache_max_small_delta_size = 1000; static unsigned long window_memory_limit = 0; |