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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/pack-objects.c | 9 |
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 2cd6bdd7d2..ef347875dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2147,8 +2147,11 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size` - option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is - limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited. + option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results + in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents + bitmaps from being created. + The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. + The default is unlimited. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. @@ -2548,8 +2551,9 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk - space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to - false. + space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has + no effect if multiple packfiles are created. + Defaults to false. rerere.autoUpdate:: When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index bbea5294ca..19cdcd0341 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ base-name:: --max-pack-size=<n>:: Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. - If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. + If specified, multiple packfiles may be created, which also + prevents the creation of a bitmap index. The default is unlimited, unless the config variable `pack.packSizeLimit` is set. diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index af230d0647..b9c02ce481 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. --max-pack-size=<n>:: Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. - If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. + If specified, multiple packfiles may be created, which also + prevents the creation of a bitmap index. The default is unlimited, unless the config variable `pack.packSizeLimit` is set. @@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack. This only makes sense when used with `-a` or `-A`, as the bitmaps must be able to refer to all reachable objects. This option - overrides the setting of `pack.writeBitmaps`. + overrides the setting of `repack.writeBitmaps`. This option + has no effect if multiple packfiles are created. --pack-kept-objects:: Include objects in `.keep` files when repacking. Note that we @@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. This means that we may duplicate objects, but this makes the option safe to use when there are concurrent pushes or fetches. This option is generally only useful if you are writing bitmaps - with `-b` or `pack.writeBitmaps`, as it ensures that the + with `-b` or `repack.writeBitmaps`, as it ensures that the bitmapped packfile has the necessary objects. Configuration diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c index a27de5b323..b6664ce4d8 100644 --- a/builtin/pack-objects.c +++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c @@ -759,6 +759,10 @@ static off_t write_reused_pack(struct sha1file *f) return reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header); } +static const char no_split_warning[] = N_( +"disabling bitmap writing, packs are split due to pack.packSizeLimit" +); + static void write_pack_file(void) { uint32_t i = 0, j; @@ -813,7 +817,10 @@ static void write_pack_file(void) fixup_pack_header_footer(fd, sha1, pack_tmp_name, nr_written, sha1, offset); close(fd); - write_bitmap_index = 0; + if (write_bitmap_index) { + warning(_(no_split_warning)); + write_bitmap_index = 0; + } } if (!pack_to_stdout) { |