Merge branch 'nd/repo-clear-keep-the-index'

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a05a88fec10eb3c4c36b94889ac6d58b8f441cf7..84e2891aed156e367a38692ee34998c8e06261d3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1068,6 +1068,10 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
        "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
        branch-specific manner.
 +
+When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
+linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
++
 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
 by running 'git pull'.
@@ -1596,6 +1600,18 @@ gc.autoDetach::
        Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
        if the system supports it. Default is true.
 
+gc.bigPackThreshold::
+       If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when
+       `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack`
+       except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not
+       just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
+       'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
++
+Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
+this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack
+will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below
+gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.
+
 gc.logExpiry::
        If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
        unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old.  Default is
@@ -2460,6 +2476,7 @@ pack.window::
 pack.depth::
        The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
+       Maximum value is 4095.
 
 pack.windowMemory::
        The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
@@ -2496,7 +2513,8 @@ pack.deltaCacheLimit::
        The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
        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.
+       result once the best match for all objects is found.
+       Defaults to 1000. Maximum value is 65535.
 
 pack.threads::
        Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
@@ -2655,6 +2673,10 @@ pull.rebase::
        pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
        per-branch basis.
 +
+When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
+linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
++
 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
 by running 'git pull'.