Documentation enhancements.

Signed-off-by: Simon Hausmann <simon@lst.de>

diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
index b87efc6af9ebdaa7507fa2cab98cfb8dbffbc81f..4b4fcde72b9b9b3626c1a1907d7e243a401ed386 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ If you want to import the entire history of a given depot path just use
 
   git-p4.py sync //path/in/depot@all
 
 
   git-p4.py sync //path/in/depot@all
 

+To achieve optimal compression you may want to run 'git repack -a -d -f' after
+a big import. This may take a while.

 
 Support for Perforce integrations is still work in progress. Don't bother
 trying it unless you want to hack on it :)
 
 Support for Perforce integrations is still work in progress. Don't bother
 trying it unless you want to hack on it :)


@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ in your git repository. git-p4 stores the depot path of the original import in
 the .git/config file and remembers the last imported p4 revision as a git tag
 called p4/<changenum> .
 
 the .git/config file and remembers the last imported p4 revision as a git tag
 called p4/<changenum> .
 

+It is recommended to run 'git repack -a -d -f' from time to time when using
+incremental imports to optimally combine the individual git packs that each
+incremental import creates through the use of git-fast-import.
+

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