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diff --git a/man1/git-pack-objects.1 b/man1/git-pack-objects.1 index 8bc45987e..2678551c0 100644 --- a/man1/git-pack-objects.1 +++ b/man1/git-pack-objects.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: git-pack-objects .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 03/21/2023 +.\" Date: 03/28/2023 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.40.0.130.g27d43aaaf5 +.\" Source: Git 2.40.0.141.g8d90352acc .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GIT\-PACK\-OBJECTS" "1" "03/21/2023" "Git 2\&.40\&.0\&.130\&.g27d43a" "Git Manual" +.TH "GIT\-PACK\-OBJECTS" "1" "03/28/2023" "Git 2\&.40\&.0\&.141\&.g8d9035" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ But in some repository setups, you may have several related but separate groups .sp A similar situation may exist if you have many refs outside of \fBrefs/heads/\fR and \fBrefs/tags/\fR that point to related objects (e\&.g\&., \fBrefs/pull\fR or \fBrefs/changes\fR used by some hosting providers)\&. By default, clients fetch only heads and tags, and deltas against objects found only in those other groups cannot be sent as\-is\&. .sp -Delta islands solve this problem by allowing you to group your refs into distinct "islands"\&. Pack\-objects computes which objects are reachable from which islands, and refuses to make a delta from an object \fBA\fR against a base which is not present in all of \fBA\fR\(aqs islands\&. This results in slightly larger packs (because we miss some delta opportunities), but guarantees that a fetch of one island will not have to recompute deltas on the fly due to crossing island boundaries\&. +Delta islands solve this problem by allowing you to group your refs into distinct "islands"\&. Pack\-objects computes which objects are reachable from which islands, and refuses to make a delta from an object \fBA\fR against a base which is not present in all of \fBA\fR\*(Aqs islands\&. This results in slightly larger packs (because we miss some delta opportunities), but guarantees that a fetch of one island will not have to recompute deltas on the fly due to crossing island boundaries\&. .sp When repacking with delta islands the delta window tends to get clogged with candidates that are forbidden by the config\&. Repacking with a big \-\-window helps (and doesn\(cqt take as long as it otherwise might because we can reject some object pairs based on islands before doing any computation on the content)\&. .sp |