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Re: [PATCH v3 20/21] Documentation/config: add splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-12-27 19:14:09

Christian Couder [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e0f5a77980..24e771d22e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2786,6 +2786,17 @@ splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
 	than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
 	See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
 
+splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
+	When the split index feature is used, shared index files with
+	a mtime older than this time will be removed when a new shared
As end-user facing documentation, it would be much better if we can
rephrase it for those who do not know what a 'mtime' is, and it
would be even better if we can do so without losing precision.

I think "shared index files that were not modified since the time
this variable specifies will be removed" would be understandable and
correct enough?
+	index file is created. The value "now" expires all entries
+	immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
+	The default value is "one.week.ago".
+	Note that each time a new split-index file is created, the
+	mtime of the related shared index file is updated to the
+	current time.
To match the above suggestion, "Note that a shared index file is
considered modified (for the purpose of expiration) each time a new
split-index file is created based on it."?
+	See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+
 status.relativePaths::
 	By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
 	current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
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