Update draft release notes to 1.7.2

[git.git] / Documentation / git-repack.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 538895c50c507adaeeff421a0394fef785850269..8c67d1724f705c94fb8faf6801ee2bc7cd459629 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -98,24 +98,26 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally.
        `--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the
        default.
 
---max-pack-size=<n>::
-       Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB.
+--max-pack-size=[N]::
+       Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with
+       "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
        If specified,  multiple packfiles may be created.
-       The default is unlimited.
+       The default is unlimited, unless the config variable
+       `pack.packSizeLimit` is set.
 
 
 Configuration
 -------------
 
-When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set
-for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset`
-option to 'git pack-objects'; this typically results in slightly
-smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with
-versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set
-the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to
-be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can
-be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs
-that way can try to use older git with it).
+By default, the command passes `--delta-base-offset` option to
+'git pack-objects'; this typically results in slightly smaller packs,
+but the generated packs are incompatible with versions of Git older than
+version 1.4.4. If you need to share your repository with such ancient Git
+versions, either directly or via the dumb http or rsync protocol, then you
+need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to
+"false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the native protocol
+is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly
+as needed in that case.
 
 
 Author