From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:45:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YUy9HzRgHU2zvI4P@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ebb4c34-8cdd-3120-ff9a-0e47099c3cf6@gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:47:03AM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> On 9/22/2021 6:13 PM, Eric Wong wrote:
> > Multi-pack-index files are used by default since
> > commit 18e449f86b74bab35b150549c8342d252fe7ae00, so the
> > outdated note was misleading.
>
> You are correct that the note is misleading, but it is still correct.
>
> A user can _disable_ reading MIDX files by setting core.multiPackIndex
> to false. If this was in the user-facing docs, not the technical docs,
> then I might push back on trying to make that distinction.
It may present a fuller picture to instead say:
The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on (which is the default)
to consume MIDX files. Setting it to `false` prevents Git from reading a
MIDX file, even if one exists.
Thanks,
Taylor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-23 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-22 22:13 [PATCH] doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note Eric Wong
2021-09-23 13:47 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-23 17:45 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2021-09-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v2] doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndex Eric Wong
2021-09-23 20:21 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-24 11:11 ` [PATCH v3] " Eric Wong
2021-09-25 17:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-23 20:27 ` [PATCH] doc/technical: remove outdated MIDX default note Junio C Hamano
2021-09-23 20:32 ` Taylor Blau
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