docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto`
The changelog entry for the new `git pack-refs --auto` mode only says that the new flag is useful, but doesn't really say what it does. Add some more information. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Patrick Steinhardt committed
Apr 22, 2024 at 08:35 UTC
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@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
skip showing the hunk immediately after it has already been shown, and
an additional action to explicitly ask to reshow the current hunk.
- * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which is a useful
- addition to be triggered from "git gc --auto".
+ * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which defers the decision of
+ whether and how to pack to the ref backend. This is used by the reftable
+ backend to avoid repacking of an already-optimal ref database. The new mode
+ is triggered from "git gc --auto".
* "git add -u <pathspec>" and "git commit [-i] <pathspec>" did not
diagnose a pathspec element that did not match any files in certain