Re: [PATCH] Expand on impact of threads on memory consumption.
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:02:46
Robert de Bath [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c55c22a..6384038 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt@@ -1828,7 +1828,10 @@ pack.depth:: pack.windowMemory:: The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] - when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be + when no limit is given on the command line. This limit may be + allocated individually by each thread doing delta compression + so the total memory allocated by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] can + be this multiplied by the number of threads. The value can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no limit.
I sense that this change makes the resulting text unnecessarily
opaque by avoiding touching the first sentence. Wouldn't something
more concise like this sufficient?
The default maximum size of memory that is consumed by each
thread in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory.
The value can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left
unconfigured, there will be no limit.