Merge branch 'jk/pack-objects-optim'
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / config.txt
index 4ae564b48764795e1bfe22d6a75d37c5347d76ca..bc1c433c4e0584a095f79196997426780521b377 100644 (file)
@@ -2488,6 +2488,15 @@ receive.fsck.skipList::
        can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
        Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
 
+receive.keepAlive::
+       After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
+       produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
+       the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
+       With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
+       any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
+       send a short keepalive packet.  The default is 5 seconds; set
+       to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
+
 receive.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects received in a push is below this
        limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object