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authorLibravatar Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-05-13 23:17:08 +0000
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-05-15 14:07:37 +0900
commitf4f476b6a19217b6ed3d5022422b3fa0f55a5ee9 (patch)
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parentGit 2.22-rc0 (diff)
downloadtgif-f4f476b6a19217b6ed3d5022422b3fa0f55a5ee9.tar.xz
update-server-info: avoid needless overwrites
Do not change the existing info/refs and objects/info/packs files if they match the existing content on the filesystem. This is intended to preserve mtime and make it easier for dumb HTTP pollers to rely on the If-Modified-Since header. Combined with stdio and kernel buffering; the kernel should be able to avoid block layer writes and reduce wear for small files. As a result, the --force option is no longer needed. So stop documenting it, but let it remain for compatibility (and debugging, if necessary). v3: perform incremental comparison while generating to avoid OOM with giant files. Remove documentation for --force. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git update-server-info' [--force]
+'git update-server-info'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover
what references and packs the server has. This command
generates such auxiliary files.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
-
--f::
---force::
- Update the info files from scratch.
-
-
OUTPUT
------