Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] repo-settings: create core.featureAdoptionRate setting

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On 6/28/2019 4:50 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> +core.featureAdoptionRate::
>> +	Set an integer value on a scale from 0 to 10 describing your
>> +	desire to adopt new performance features. Defaults to 0. As
>> +	the value increases, features are enabled by changing the
>> +	default values of other config settings. If a config variable
>> +	is specified explicitly, the explicit value will override these
>> +	defaults:
>> ++
>> +If the value is at least 3, then the following defaults are modified.
>> +These represent relatively new features that have existed for multiple
>> +major releases, and present significant performance benefits. They do
>> +not modify the user-facing output of porcelain commands.
>> ++
>> +* `core.commitGraph=true` enables reading commit-graph files.
>> ++
>> +* `gc.writeCommitGraph=true` eneables writing commit-graph files during
>> +`git gc`.
> 
> I was re-reading the whole series, and found that the phrase
> "present significant benefits" was somewhat overselling.  Wouldn't
> that claim largely depend on the end-user's workflow?  The same
> comment applies to the description of "at least 5" level, too.
> 
> I would not mind if we say "enabling this may present performance
> benefits", with or without "significant" before "performance
> benefits", and with or without ", depending how your repository is
> used" at the end.

Thanks for taking such a close look. Indeed, it is not appropriate
to over-sell here. I will take another stab at this documentation
next week.

-Stolee



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