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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-07-16 09:42:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-07-16 09:42:28 -0700 |
| commit | edb4fd966974c8b64be527e321f2af70a7f89822 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fab8c77dab33e5e76938a692eaab8f6a49c0398 | |
| parent | ac5fd295819b0c4b4e743f522de76c482e7e7e3c (diff) | |
| parent | ad7780b38fae2fb915404a59b0c904da8ed154a6 (diff) | |
| download | git-edb4fd966974c8b64be527e321f2af70a7f89822.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'ps/doc-pack-refs-auto-with-files-backend-fix'
Doc update.
* ps/doc-pack-refs-auto-with-files-backend-fix:
docs/git-pack-refs: document heuristic used for packing loose refs
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-refs.adoc | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.adoc b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.adoc index 652c549771..42b90051e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.adoc @@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ Pack refs as needed depending on the current state of the ref database. The behavior depends on the ref format used by the repository and may change in the future. + - - "files": No special handling for `--auto` has been implemented. + - "files": Loose references are packed into the `packed-refs` file + based on the ratio of loose references to the size of the + `packed-refs` file. The bigger the `packed-refs` file, the more loose + references need to exist before we repack. + - "reftable": Tables are compacted such that they form a geometric sequence. For two tables N and N+1, where N+1 is newer, this |