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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-11-21 20:39:02 +0900
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-11-21 20:39:02 +0900
commitcdda0ccebfaba45d6e157f9fa205a82aa563c44a (patch)
treeae5c1b3ef937fa0589029cf4b6aeb5c4274b68d5 /Documentation/config
parentMerge branch 'cc/delta-islands' (diff)
parentindex: make index.threads=true enable ieot and eoie (diff)
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Merge branch 'jn/eoie-ieot'
As the warning message shown by existing versions of Git for unknown index extensions is a bit too alarming, two new extensions are held back and not written by default for the upcoming release. * jn/eoie-ieot: index: make index.threads=true enable ieot and eoie ieot: default to not writing IEOT section eoie: default to not writing EOIE section
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+index.recordEndOfIndexEntries::
+ Specifies whether the index file should include an "End Of Index
+ Entry" section. This reduces index load time on multiprocessor
+ machines but produces a message "ignoring EOIE extension" when
+ reading the index using Git versions before 2.20. Defaults to
+ 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled, 'false'
+ otherwise.
+
+index.recordOffsetTable::
+ Specifies whether the index file should include an "Index Entry
+ Offset Table" section. This reduces index load time on
+ multiprocessor machines but produces a message "ignoring IEOT
+ extension" when reading the index using Git versions before 2.20.
+ Defaults to 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled,
+ 'false' otherwise.
+
index.threads::
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines.