Custom compression levels for objects and packs

[git/git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ea434af..382a31b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -204,10 +204,16 @@ core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
        and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
 
 core.compression::
+       An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
+       -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
+       and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
+
+core.loosecompression::
        An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
-       are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
+       are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
        compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
-       slowest.
+       slowest.  If not set,  defaults to core.compression.  If that is
+       not set,  defaults to 0 (best speed).
 
 core.legacyheaders::
        A boolean which
@@ -550,6 +556,13 @@ pack.depth::
        The maximum delta depth used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
 
+pack.compression::
+       An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
+       in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
+       compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
+       slowest.  If not set,  defaults to core.compression.  If that is
+       not set,  defaults to -1.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.