Describe the purpose of the reachability bitmap. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index a526710278..5a537268e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ exclude;; <<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>> that they contain. +[[def_reachability_bitmap]]reachability bitmaps:: + Reachability bitmaps store information about the + <<def_reachable,reachability>> of a selected set of commits in + a packfile, or a multi-pack index (MIDX), to speed up object search. + The bitmaps are stored in a ".bitmap" file. A repository may have at + most one bitmap file in use. The bitmap file may belong to either one + pack, or the repository's multi-pack index (if it exists). + [[def_rebase]]rebase:: To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch -- 2.38.1.windows.1
