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Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:00:42 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, ps@pks.im, atthewhughes934@gmail.com, johannes.schindelin@gmx.de, Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] scalar: remove stale config values In-Reply-To: <156be69a7994f6978a5bae30b82ae374fe4d506a.1764195516.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:18:34 +0000") References: <156be69a7994f6978a5bae30b82ae374fe4d506a.1764195516.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:00:41 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" writes: > From: Derrick Stolee > > These config values were added in the original Scalar contribution, > d0feac4e8c (scalar: 'register' sets recommended config and starts > maintenance, 2021-12-03), but were never fully checked for validity in > the upstream Git project. At the time, Scalar was only intended for the > contrib/ directory so did not have as rigorous of an investigation. > > Each config option has its own justification for removal: > > * core.preloadIndex: This value is true by default, now. Removing this > causes some changes required to the tests that checked this config > value. Use gui.gcwarning=false instead. > > * core.fscache: This config does not exist in the core Git project, but > is instead a config option for a Git for Windows feature. > > * core.multiPackIndex: This config value is now enabled by default, so > does not need to be called out specifically. It was originally > included to make sure the background maintenance that created > multi-pack-indexes would result in the expected performance > improvements. > > * credential.validate: This option is not something specific to Git but > instead an older version of Git Credential Manager for Windows. That > software was replaced several years ago by the cross-platform Git > Credential Manger so this option is no longer needed to help users who > were on that older software. > > * pack.useSparse=true: This value is now Git's default as of de3a864114 > (config: set pack.useSparse=true by default, 2020-03-20) so we don't > need it set by Scalar. Thanks for a conprehensive list. Very well described.