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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-10-06 13:40:12 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-10-06 13:40:12 -0700
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Merge branch 'ew/midx-doc-update'
Doc tweak. * ew/midx-doc-update: doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndex
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@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Design Details
directory of an alternate. It refers only to packfiles in that
same directory.
-- The core.multiPackIndex config setting must be on to consume MIDX files.
+- 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.
- The file format includes parameters for the object ID hash
function, so a future change of hash algorithm does not require