threaded delta search: add pack.threads config variable

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 866e0534b8843af3c1789becd06b244162632d01..015910f27a450cdaec80f3bfc2679243126736c0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -630,9 +630,17 @@ pack.deltaCacheSize::
        A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
 
 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
-       The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
+       The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
        gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
 
+pack.threads::
+       Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+       delta matches.  This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+       be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
+       warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
+       machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
+       is however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.