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diff --git a/Documentation/config/index.txt b/Documentation/config/index.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7cb50b37e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/index.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +index.recordEndOfIndexEntries:: + Specifies whether the index file should include an "End Of Index + Entry" section. This reduces index load time on multiprocessor + machines but produces a message "ignoring EOIE extension" when + reading the index using Git versions before 2.20. Defaults to + 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled, 'false' + otherwise. + +index.recordOffsetTable:: + Specifies whether the index file should include an "Index Entry + Offset Table" section. This reduces index load time on + multiprocessor machines but produces a message "ignoring IEOT + extension" when reading the index using Git versions before 2.20. + Defaults to 'true' if index.threads has been explicitly enabled, + 'false' otherwise. + +index.threads:: + Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index. + This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines. + Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of + CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or + 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'. + +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. |