pack-objects: implement bitmap writing

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

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a9813691baa91edbb363979c74b1ded7c38284a8..4b0c3682cc9a590e4826495990f81beab7885b73 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1864,6 +1864,14 @@ pack.useBitmaps::
        true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
        you are debugging pack bitmaps.
 
+pack.writebitmaps::
+       When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
+       objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run).  This
+       index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
+       packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
+       space and extra time spent on the initial repack.  Defaults to
+       false.
+
 pager.<cmd>::
        If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
        output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.