Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.12.0-399-g9d77b

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@@ -1025,15 +1025,16 @@ may not support it yet.</p></div>
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-        Enable or disable split index mode. If enabled, the index is

-        split into two files, $GIT_DIR/index and $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.&lt;SHA-1&gt;.

-        Changes are accumulated in $GIT_DIR/index while the shared

-        index file contains all index entries stays unchanged. If

-        split-index mode is already enabled and <code>--split-index</code> is

-        given again, all changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to

-        the shared index file. This mode is designed for very large

-        indexes that take a significant amount of time to read or write.

+        Enable or disable split index mode. If split-index mode is

+        already enabled and <code>--split-index</code> is given again, all

+        changes in $GIT_DIR/index are pushed back to the shared index

+        file.

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+<div class="paragraph"><p>These options take effect whatever the value of the <code>core.splitIndex</code>

+configuration variable (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>). But a warning is

+emitted when the change goes against the configured value, as the

+configured value will take effect next time the index is read and this

+will remove the intended effect of the option.</p></div>

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 --untracked-cache

@@ -1324,6 +1325,28 @@ precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set.</p></div>
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+<h2 id="_split_index">Split index</h2>

+<div class="sectionbody">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>This mode is designed for repositories with very large indexes, and

+aims at reducing the time it takes to repeatedly write these indexes.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>In this mode, the index is split into two files, $GIT_DIR/index and

+$GIT_DIR/sharedindex.&lt;SHA-1&gt;. Changes are accumulated in

+$GIT_DIR/index, the split index, while the shared index file contains

+all index entries and stays unchanged.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>All changes in the split index are pushed back to the shared index

+file when the number of entries in the split index reaches a level

+specified by the splitIndex.maxPercentChange config variable (see

+<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Each time a new shared index file is created, the old shared index

+files are deleted if their modification time is older than what is

+specified by the splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire config variable (see

+<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>To avoid deleting a shared index file that is still used, its

+modification time is updated to the current time everytime a new split

+index based on the shared index file is either created or read from.</p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1">

 <h2 id="_untracked_cache">Untracked cache</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

 <div class="paragraph"><p>This cache is meant to speed up commands that involve determining

@@ -1395,7 +1418,7 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)<
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-Last updated 2016-07-13 14:58:50 PDT

+Last updated 2017-03-17 14:07:06 PDT

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