From: Jeff King Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:51:30 +0000 (-0400) Subject: docs: update 64-bit core.packedGitLimit default X-Git-Tag: v2.14.0-rc0~52^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/b24a8db14a5a94b5ca9de63eae28b8f01e3bc079 docs: update 64-bit core.packedGitLimit default We bumped the default in be4ca2905 (Increase core.packedGitLimit, 2017-04-20) but never adjusted the documentation to match. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 475e874d51..3455412e69 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ core.packedGitLimit:: bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. + -Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms. +Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively +unlimited) on 64 bit platforms. This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. +