From 69d84811ba0c4c60a5fb6893817328d76444cdf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 02:57:57 +0000
Subject: doc: xcpdb: add switch documentation

In particular, the '--compact' switch is really useful since it
works without holding the inbox-wide lock for minutes at a time
on giant inboxes (inboxes where copies can take dozens, if not
hundreds of minutes).
---
 Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod | 10 ++++++++++
 Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod   | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod
index 7d37f6fb..47d950a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ writing while it operates.
 It enforces the use of the C<--no-renumber> option of
 L<xapian-compact(1)>
 
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item --blocksize / --no-full / --fuller
+
+These options are passed directly to L<xapian-compact(1)>.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT
 
 =over 8
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
index 5697dcdd..e056b549 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public-inbox-xcpdb - upgrade Xapian DB formats
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-	public-inbox-xcpdb INBOX_DIR
+	public-inbox-xcpdb [OPTIONS] INBOX_DIR
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -14,10 +14,28 @@ upgrading to the latest database format supported by Xapian
 recover from Xapian database modifications from
 L<public-inbox-watch(1)> or L<public-inbox-mda(1)>.
 
-This is intended for upgrading the database format used by
-Xapian.  It DOES NOT upgrade the schema used by the
-public-inbox PSGI search interface (see
-L<public-inbox-index(1)>).
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item --compact
+
+In addition to performing the copy operation, run L<xapian-compact(1)>
+on each Xapian partition after copying but before finalizing it.
+Compared to the cost of copying a Xapian database, compacting a
+Xapian database takes only around 5% of the time required to copy.
+
+Compared to L<public-inbox-compact(1)>, use of this option is
+preferable for gigantic inboxes where the coarse-grained lock
+currently required for L<public-inbox-compact(1)> can cause
+the compaction to take hours at-a-time.
+
+=item --blocksize / --no-full / --fuller
+
+These options are passed directly to L<xapian-compact(1)> when
+used with C<--compact>.
+
+=back
 
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT
 
@@ -40,6 +58,12 @@ Default: 10000
 
 =head1 UPGRADING
 
+This tool is intended for admins upgrading Xapian search databases
+used by public-inbox, NOT users upgrading public-inbox itself.
+
+In particular, it DOES NOT upgrade the schema used by the
+PSGI search interface (see L<public-inbox-index(1)>).
+
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
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