Now that the pack.writeReverseIndex configuration is respected in both 'git index-pack' and 'git pack-objects' (and therefore, all of their callers), we can safely advertise it for use in the git-config manual. Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config/pack.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index 837f1b1679..3da4ea98e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -133,3 +133,10 @@ pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4 bytes per object of disk space. Defaults to true. + +pack.writeReverseIndex:: + When true, git will write a corresponding .rev file (see: + link:../technical/pack-format.html[Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt]) + for each new packfile that it writes in all places except for + linkgit:git-fast-import[1] and in the bulk checkin mechanism. + Defaults to false. -- 2.30.0.138.g6d7191ea01
