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| author | Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> | 2021-10-22 13:45:44 +0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-10-25 10:08:23 -0700 |
| commit | c4b208c30919c42c29b18388975857330160b972 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f0994bcf5c95d03e47cbadce709b04dc2316da3 /Documentation/git-archive.txt | |
| parent | af6d1d602a8f64164b266364339c4e936d5bbc33 (diff) | |
| download | git-c4b208c30919c42c29b18388975857330160b972.tar.gz | |
archive: describe compression level option
Describe the only <extra> option in `git archive`, that is the compression
level option. Previously this option is only described for zip backend;
add description also for tar backend.
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-archive.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-archive.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9f8172828d..bc4e76a783 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS zip ~~~ --0:: - Store the files instead of deflating them. --9:: - Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any - number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio. +-<digit>:: + Specify compression level. Larger values allow the command + to spend more time to compress to smaller size. Supported + values are from `-0` (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio). + Default is `-6` if not given. +tar +~~~ +-<number>:: + Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the + compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See + manual page of the configured command for the list of supported + levels and the default level if this option isn't specified. CONFIGURATION ------------- |