From: Jan Krüger Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:21:58 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Documentation: pack.compression: explain how to recompress X-Git-Tag: v1.7.3.3~25^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=89d71f7564cb3945b2775092284a4de807f577e4;p=git.git Documentation: pack.compression: explain how to recompress Add a small remark about how to recompress all existing objects after changing the compression level for pack files. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d82c0da2c..ad81df337 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1466,6 +1466,10 @@ pack.compression:: not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent to level 6)." ++ +Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress +all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option +to linkgit:git-repack[1]. pack.deltaCacheSize:: The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in