Re: [PATCH 3/2] update-index: list supported idx versions and their features
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -145,7 +145,15 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. --index-version n:: Write the resulting index out in the named on-disk format version. - The current default version is 2. + Supported versions are 2, 3 and 4. The current default version is 2 + or 3, depending on whether extra features are used, such as + `git add -N`. ++ + Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that could + reduce index size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which + results in faster load time. Version 4 is relatively young + (first released in 1.8.0 in October 2012). Other Git + implementations may not support it yet. Markup nit: the second paragraph needs to be unindented, or asciidoc will treat it as literal text, including line breaks. Usage nit: s/could/can/ Clarity nit: something like such as JGit and libgit2 after Other Git implementations would make it clearer, at least to my eyes. Aside from that, this looks like a good change. Thanks, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 3/2] update-index: list supported idx versions and their features
Thanks, both. Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: ... +Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that could +reduce index size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which +results in faster load time. Version 4 is relatively young +(first released in 1.8.0 in October 2012). Other Git +implementations may not support it yet. Usage nit: s/could/can/ I think s/could reduce/reduces/ is even simpler. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 3/2] update-index: list supported idx versions and their features
Junio C Hamano wrote: Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: + Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that could + reduce index size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which + results in faster load time. Version 4 is relatively young + (first released in 1.8.0 in October 2012). Other Git + implementations may not support it yet. Usage nit: s/could/can/ I think s/could reduce/reduces/ is even simpler. Yes, true. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
