[PATCH v3] archive: describe compression level option
From: Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-18 12:38:55
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Describe the only extra option in `git archive`, that is the compression
level option. Previously this option is only described for zip backend;
add description also for tar backend.
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <redacted>
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Changes since v3 [1]:
- add description for tar backend
- rewrite for zip
[1]:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/b28a55da-c74b-8061-108f-10f9df2c0d6f@gmail.com/T/#t (local)
Documentation/git-archive.txt | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 9f8172828d..ca3356d543 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt@@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS zip ~~~ --0:: - Store the files instead of deflating them. --9:: - Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any - number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio. +-<compression level number>:: + Specify compression level. Higher values enables better ratio at + the expense of longer time. Supported values are from `-0` + (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio). Default is `-6` if isn't + specified. +tar +~~~ +-<compression level number>:: + Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the + compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See + manual page of the configured command for the list of supported + levels and the default level if this option isn't specified. CONFIGURATION -------------
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