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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/core.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/feature.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/index.txt1
-rw-r--r--repo-settings.c5
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1600-index.sh31
6 files changed, 51 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e3f5bc3396..77f3b1486b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ include::config/difftool.txt[]
include::config/fastimport.txt[]
+include::config/feature.txt[]
+
include::config/fetch.txt[]
include::config/format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index e66d79fd76..852d2ba37a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ core.untrackedCache::
it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
properly on your system.
- See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default, unless
+ `feature.manyFiles` is enabled which sets this setting to
+ `true` by default.
core.checkStat::
When missing or is set to `default`, many fields in the stat
diff --git a/Documentation/config/feature.txt b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ea198a642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+feature.*::
+ The config settings that start with `feature.` modify the defaults of
+ a group of other config settings. These groups are created by the Git
+ developer community as recommended defaults and are subject to change.
+ In particular, new config options may be added with different defaults.
+
+feature.manyFiles::
+ Enable config options that optimize for repos with many files in the
+ working directory. With many files, commands such as `git status` and
+ `git checkout` may be slow and these new defaults improve performance:
++
+* `index.version=4` enables path-prefix compression in the index.
++
+* `core.untrackedCache=true` enables the untracked cache. This setting assumes
+that mtime is working on your machine.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/index.txt b/Documentation/config/index.txt
index f181503041..7cb50b37e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/index.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ index.threads::
index.version::
Specify the version with which new index files should be
initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
+ If `feature.manyFiles` is enabled, then the default is 4.
diff --git a/repo-settings.c b/repo-settings.c
index abbc6566f8..d5bf9069f4 100644
--- a/repo-settings.c
+++ b/repo-settings.c
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
free(strval);
}
-
if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "pack.usesparse", &value))
r->settings.pack_use_sparse = value;
+ if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "feature.manyfiles", &value) && value) {
+ UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.index_version, 4);
+ UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.core_untracked_cache, UNTRACKED_CACHE_WRITE);
+ }
/* Hack for test programs like test-dump-untracked-cache */
if (ignore_untracked_cache_config)
diff --git a/t/t1600-index.sh b/t/t1600-index.sh
index 42962ed7d4..c77721b580 100755
--- a/t/t1600-index.sh
+++ b/t/t1600-index.sh
@@ -59,17 +59,38 @@ test_expect_success 'out of bounds index.version issues warning' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'GIT_INDEX_VERSION takes precedence over config' '
+test_index_version () {
+ INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG=$1 &&
+ FEATURE_MANY_FILES=$2 &&
+ ENV_VAR_VERSION=$3
+ EXPECTED_OUTPUT_VERSION=$4 &&
(
rm -f .git/index &&
- GIT_INDEX_VERSION=4 &&
- export GIT_INDEX_VERSION &&
- git config --add index.version 2 &&
+ rm -f .git/config &&
+ if test "$INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG" -ne 0
+ then
+ git config --add index.version $INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG
+ fi &&
+ git config --add feature.manyFiles $FEATURE_MANY_FILES
+ if test "$ENV_VAR_VERSION" -ne 0
+ then
+ GIT_INDEX_VERSION=$ENV_VAR_VERSION &&
+ export GIT_INDEX_VERSION
+ else
+ unset GIT_INDEX_VERSION
+ fi &&
git add a 2>&1 &&
- echo 4 >expect &&
+ echo $EXPECTED_OUTPUT_VERSION >expect &&
test-tool index-version <.git/index >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
)
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'index version config precedence' '
+ test_index_version 2 false 4 4 &&
+ test_index_version 2 true 0 2 &&
+ test_index_version 0 true 0 4 &&
+ test_index_version 0 true 2 2
'
test_done