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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gc.txt6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 56918a5008..f732fe5bfd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 50.
+ to 50, which is the default for the `--depth` option when
+ `--aggressive` isn't in use.
+
See the documentation for the `--depth` option in
linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details.
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details.
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 250.
+ to 250, which is a much more aggressive window size than
+ the default `--window` of 10.
+
See the documentation for the `--window` option in
linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details.