On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:43:56AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Brian Downing wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:51:31AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > > > * Explain that the default of core.compression is -1, zlib default, and > > > > add a quote from zlib.h explaining what that actually means. > > > > > > No, this is wrong. core.compression has no default. It is meaningful > > > only when an explicit value is configured. > > > > Would you prefer this? > > > > If not set, packs will be compressed to the zlib default level, > > which is "a default compromise between speed and compression > > (currently equivalent to level 6)." > > This is still rather incorrect. If you want to be thorough, you should > say that this setting provides a global default for pack.compression and > core.loosecompression when those settings are not set. Otherwise > pack.compression and core.loosecompression have a default of their own > when neither is set. Okay, thanks. (See, I didn't know this either! :) I'll try to work with that... -bcd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
