doc/technical: update note about core.multiPackIndex
MIDX files are used by default since commit 18e449f86b74 (midx: enable core.multiPackIndex by default, 2020-09-25) Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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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