Documentation/git-gc: explain --auto in description

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 866e0534b8843af3c1789becd06b244162632d01..d4a476e2ff9322348df099bfdfbba2832c8d47a4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ core.worktree::
        Set the path to the working tree.  The value will not be
        used in combination with repositories found automatically in
        a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
-       This can be overriden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
+       This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
        variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
@@ -337,6 +337,12 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
        branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
        `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
 
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+       Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+       supported options are equal to that of gitlink:git-merge[1], but
+       option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
+       supported.
+
 clean.requireForce::
        A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n.  Defaults
        to false.
@@ -439,6 +445,19 @@ gc.aggressiveWindow::
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
        to 10.
 
+gc.auto::
+       When there are approximately more than this many loose
+       objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
+       Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
+       light-weight garbage collection from time to time.  Setting
+       this to 0 disables it.
+
+gc.autopacklimit::
+       When there are more than this many packs that are not
+       marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
+       --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  Setting
+       this to 0 disables this.
+
 gc.packrefs::
        `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
        default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
@@ -579,7 +598,7 @@ merge.summary::
 
 merge.tool::
        Controls which merge resolution program is used by
-       gitlink:git-mergetool[l].  Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
+       gitlink:git-mergetool[1].  Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
        "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
 
 merge.verbosity::
@@ -588,7 +607,7 @@ merge.verbosity::
        message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
        conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-       Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+       Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
 merge.<driver>.name::
        Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
@@ -630,9 +649,17 @@ pack.deltaCacheSize::
        A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
 
 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
-       The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
+       The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
        gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
 
+pack.threads::
+       Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+       delta matches.  This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+       be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
+       warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
+       machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
+       is however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.