Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index e091b2a..635d157 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -163,14 +163,10 @@ may not support it yet. --split-index:: --no-split-index:: - Enable or disable split index mode. If enabled, the index is - split into two files, $GIT_DIR/index and $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. - Changes are accumulated in $GIT_DIR/index while the shared - index file contains all index entries stays unchanged. If - split-index mode is already enabled and `--split-index` is - given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to - the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large - indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write. + Enable or disable split index mode. If split-index mode is + already enabled and `--split-index` is given again, all + changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to the shared index + file. + These options take effect whatever the value of the `core.splitIndex` configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). But a warning is @@ -394,6 +390,27 @@ Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is different from assume-unchanged bit's. Skip-worktree also takes precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set. +Split index +----------- + +This mode is designed for very large indexes that take a significant +amount of time to read or write. + +In this mode, the index is split into two files, $GIT_DIR/index and +$GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. Changes are accumulated in +$GIT_DIR/index, the split index, while the shared index file contains +all index entries and stays unchanged. + +All changes in the split index are pushed back to the shared index +file when the number of entries in the split index reaches a level +specified by the splitIndex.maxPercentChange config variable (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). + +Each time a new shared index file is created, the old shared index +files are deleted if they are older than what is specified by the +splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire config variable (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). + Untracked cache --------------- -- 2.10.1.462.g7e1e03a