Merge branch 'db/vcs-helper'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c6f09f801a8dbb2f03e73ab5dd11c1139332fa5f..5256c7fb811ae6f5777bf528a22b19b16b132f26 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
 not necessarily be the current directory.
 
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+       When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
+       whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+       option.
+       When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
+       respect all whitespace differences.
+       See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+
 apply.whitespace::
        Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
        as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
@@ -605,7 +613,7 @@ color.interactive.<slot>::
        Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
        output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
        four distinct types of normal output from interactive
-       programs.  The values of these variables may be specified as
+       commands.  The values of these variables may be specified as
        in color.branch.<slot>.
 
 color.pager::
@@ -1113,7 +1121,7 @@ instaweb.port::
        linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
 
 interactive.singlekey::
-       In interactive programs, allow the user to provide one-letter
+       In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
        input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
        Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
        linkgit:git-add[1].  Note that this setting is silently
@@ -1218,12 +1226,20 @@ pack.compression::
 
 pack.deltaCacheSize::
        The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
-       linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-       A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
+       linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
+       This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
+       having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
+       for all objects is found.  Repacking large repositories on machines
+       which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
+       especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
+       A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
+       used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
 
 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
        The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
-       linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
+       linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
+       writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
+       result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
 
 pack.threads::
        Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best