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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-12-16 12:49:11 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-12-16 12:49:11 -0800 |
| commit | f73c3e9704b80c8813b92392cced9328f81e91d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 97f122c85e29c38f871fdfe90a9478b79c6d2dd0 /Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | |
| parent | Sync with 1.7.3.4 (diff) | |
| parent | fast-import: treat SIGUSR1 as a request to access objects early (diff) | |
| download | tgif-f73c3e9704b80c8813b92392cced9328f81e91d6.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jn/fast-import-ondemand-checkpoint'
* jn/fast-import-ondemand-checkpoint:
fast-import: treat SIGUSR1 as a request to access objects early
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 5d0c245e38..9667e9aebc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -1233,6 +1233,13 @@ and lazy loading of subtrees, allows fast-import to efficiently import projects with 2,000+ branches and 45,114+ files in a very limited memory footprint (less than 2.7 MiB per active branch). +Signals +------- +Sending *SIGUSR1* to the 'git fast-import' process ends the current +packfile early, simulating a `checkpoint` command. The impatient +operator can use this facility to peek at the objects and refs from an +import in progress, at the cost of some added running time and worse +compression. Author ------ |