Clarify that core.deltaBaseCacheLimit is per-thread, as can be seen from the fact that cache usage (base_cache_used in struct thread_local in builtin/index-pack.c) is tracked individually for each thread and compared against delta_base_cache_limit. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config/core.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt index 74619a9c03..02002cf109 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: - Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects + Maximum number of bytes per thread to reserve for caching base objects that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base -- 2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d-goog
