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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod index 3b0e70e1..c960913d 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-v1-format.pod @@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ SQLite3 database maintaining a stable mapping of Message-IDs to NNTP article numbers. Used by L<public-inbox-nntpd(1)> and created and updated by L<public-inbox-index(1)>. +Users of the L<PublicInbox::WWW> interface will find it +useful for attempting recovery from copy-paste truncations of +URLs containing long Message-IDs. + Automatically updated by L<public-inbox-mda(1)>, L<public-inbox-learn(1)> and L<public-inbox-watch(1)>. @@ -135,8 +139,12 @@ the "overview" DB also exists in the xapian directory for v1 repositories. See L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)/OVERVIEW DB> Our use of the L</OVERVIEW DB> requires Xapian document IDs to -remain stable. Thus, use of L<xapian-compact(1)> and -L<copydatabase(8)> require the use of C<--no-renumber> switch. +remain stable. Using L<public-inbox-compact(1)> and +L<public-inbox-xcpdb(1)> wrappers are recommended over tools +provided by Xapian. + +This directory is large, often two to three times the size of +the objects stored in a packed git repository. =item $GIT_DIR/ssoma.index |