Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.4-114-gefd1
diff --git a/git-config.html b/git-config.html index 3dee9d4..1d614b4 100644 --- a/git-config.html +++ b/git-config.html
@@ -2873,8 +2873,14 @@ <dd> <p> The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in - <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a>. - A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. + <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a> before writing them out to a pack. + This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not + having to recompute the final delta result once the best match + for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines + which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though, + especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping. + A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be + used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB. </p> </dd> <dt> @@ -2883,7 +2889,9 @@ <dd> <p> The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in - <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a>. Defaults to 1000. + <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a>. This cache is used to speed up the + writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta + result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000. </p> </dd> <dt> @@ -3462,7 +3470,7 @@ </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 2009-07-26 08:13:45 UTC +Last updated 2009-08-11 06:23:33 UTC </div> </div> </body>
