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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.adoc | 1 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc index 7f69ae4855..3b803d3a78 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--cruft] [--cruft-expiration=<time>] [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>] [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] - [--name-hash-version=<n>] < <object-list> + [--name-hash-version=<n>] [--path-walk] < <object-list> DESCRIPTION @@ -375,6 +375,17 @@ many different directories. At the moment, this version is not allowed when writing reachability bitmap files with `--write-bitmap-index` and it will be automatically changed to version `1`. +--path-walk:: + Perform compression by first organizing objects by path, then a + second pass that compresses across paths as normal. This has the + potential to improve delta compression especially in the presence + of filenames that cause collisions in Git's default name-hash + algorithm. ++ +Incompatible with `--delta-islands`, `--shallow`, or `--filter`. The +`--use-bitmap-index` option will be ignored in the presence of +`--path-walk.` + DELTA ISLANDS ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.adoc b/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.adoc index 3e089211fb..e522695dd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.adoc +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-path-walk.adoc @@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ Examples See example usages in: `t/helper/test-path-walk.c`, + `builtin/pack-objects.c`, `builtin/backfill.c` |