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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  ps@pks.im,  atthewhughes934@gmail.com,
	johannes.schindelin@gmx.de,  Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] scalar: document config settings
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:09:41 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbjkol4je.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18580f020d149eaa8271542d7e629ef10fd8c9a0.1764195516.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:18:36 +0000")

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> +commitGraph.generationVersion=1::
> +	While the preferred version is 2 for performance reasons, existing users
> +	that had version 1 by default will need special care in upgrading to
> +	version 2. This is likely to change in the future as the upgrade story
> +	is solidifies.

"as the upgrade story solidifies"?

> +fetch.writeCommitGraph=false::
> +	This config setting was created to help users automatically udpate their
> +	commit-graph files as they perform fetches. However, this takes time
> +	from foreground fetches and pulls and Scalar uses background maintenance
> +	for this function instead.

"update their files".

> +index.threads=true::
> +	This tells Git to automatically detect how many threads it should use
> +	when reading the index in parallel due to the `core.preloadIndex=true`
> +	setting.

Is "due to the `core.preloadIndex=true` setting" part of this
sentence still relevant?


Other than that, superbly written.  Thanks, will queue.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-11-27  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-26 22:18 [PATCH 0/5] Audit and document Scalar config Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-11-26 22:18 ` [PATCH 1/5] scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-11-26 23:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-01  8:55     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-11-26 22:18 ` [PATCH 2/5] scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-11-26 23:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-30 19:55     ` Derrick Stolee
2025-11-26 22:18 ` [PATCH 3/5] scalar: remove stale config values Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-11-27  0:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-26 22:18 ` [PATCH 4/5] scalar: alphabetize and simplify config Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01  8:55   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-01 12:35     ` Derrick Stolee
2025-11-26 22:18 ` [PATCH 5/5] scalar: document config settings Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-11-27  0:09   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-11-30 19:56     ` Derrick Stolee
2025-12-01  8:55   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-01 12:40     ` Derrick Stolee
2025-12-01 14:04 ` [PATCH 0/5] Audit and document Scalar config Johannes Schindelin
2025-12-01 16:50 ` [PATCH v2 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-02  7:53     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-01 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] scalar: remove stale config values Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01 17:46     ` Matthew Hughes
2025-12-02  7:53       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-02 19:04         ` Matthew Hughes
2025-12-02 19:22           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-07  0:34             ` Junio C Hamano
2025-12-08  6:58               ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-12 13:57       ` Derrick Stolee
2025-12-01 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] scalar: alphabetize and simplify config Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] scalar: document config settings Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-01 17:58     ` Matthew Hughes
2025-12-02  7:53       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-11 14:20     ` Henrique Ferreiro
2025-12-12 14:06       ` Derrick Stolee
2025-12-15 12:14         ` Henrique Ferreiro
2025-12-02  2:05   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Audit and document Scalar config Junio C Hamano
2025-12-12 15:15   ` [PATCH v3 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-12 15:15     ` [PATCH v3 1/5] scalar: annotate config file with "set by scalar" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-12 15:15     ` [PATCH v3 2/5] scalar: use index.skipHash=true for performance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-12 15:15     ` [PATCH v3 3/5] scalar: remove stale config values Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-12 15:15     ` [PATCH v3 4/5] scalar: alphabetize and simplify config Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-12 15:15     ` [PATCH v3 5/5] scalar: document config settings Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2025-12-15 12:33       ` Henrique Ferreiro
2025-12-12 23:49     ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Audit and document Scalar config Junio C Hamano
2025-12-15 14:33       ` Derrick Stolee
2025-12-16  0:39         ` Junio C Hamano

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