Merge branch 'jk/add-e-doc' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 7f6b2109bd83a55b7dddd8a8bc36c6fc1006a134..3fd4b626fa84deb317709f11782534f36df36033 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -548,9 +548,13 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
        linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
 
 add.ignore-errors::
+add.ignoreErrors::
        Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
        added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
-       option of linkgit:git-add[1].
+       option of linkgit:git-add[1].  Older versions of git accept only
+       `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
+       convention for configuration variables.  Newer versions of git
+       honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
 
 alias.*::
        Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
@@ -1466,6 +1470,10 @@ pack.compression::
        not set,  defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
        compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
        to level 6)."
++
+Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
+all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
+to linkgit:git-repack[1].
 
 pack.deltaCacheSize::
        The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in