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| author | Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> | 2022-10-29 17:41:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> | 2022-10-30 19:58:46 -0400 |
| commit | 8fea12ab40aab3e0590a5980ce336437b5dcc694 (patch) | |
| tree | eb81690153da489de3d390f7687f998ff4f09a64 /Documentation/glossary-content.txt | |
| parent | 4973726c5dfbaebdab95dab52b4c05b2a637d3fb (diff) | |
| download | git-8fea12ab40aab3e0590a5980ce336437b5dcc694.tar.gz | |
glossary: add reachability bitmap description
Describe the purpose of the reachability bitmap.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index a526710278..5a537268e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ exclude;; <<def_tree_object,trees>> to the trees or <<def_blob_object,blobs>> that they contain. +[[def_reachability_bitmap]]reachability bitmaps:: + Reachability bitmaps store information about the + <<def_reachable,reachability>> of a selected set of commits in + a packfile, or a multi-pack index (MIDX), to speed up object search. + The bitmaps are stored in a ".bitmap" file. A repository may have at + most one bitmap file in use. The bitmap file may belong to either one + pack, or the repository's multi-pack index (if it exists). + [[def_rebase]]rebase:: To reapply a series of changes from a <<def_branch,branch>> to a different base, and reset the <<def_head,head>> of that branch |