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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>2010-02-17 14:05:54 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-02-17 11:08:43 -0800
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fast-import: make default pack size unlimited
Now that fast-import is creating packs with index version 2, there is no point limiting the pack size by default. A pack split will still happen if off_t is not sufficiently large to hold large offsets. While updating the doc, let's remove the "packfiles fit on CDs" suggestion. Pack files created by fast-import are still suboptimal and a 'git repack -a -f -d' or even 'git gc --aggressive' would be a pretty good idea before considering storage on CDs. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ OPTIONS
--max-pack-size=<n>::
Maximum size of each output packfile.
- The default is 4 GiB as that is the maximum allowed
- packfile size (due to file format limitations). Some
- importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the
- resulting packfiles fit on CDs.
+ The default is unlimited.
--big-file-threshold=<n>::
Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to