Document git-svn fetch --log-window-size parameter
The --log-window-size parameter to git-svn fetch is undocumented. Minimally describe what it does and why the user might change it. Signed-off-by: Gunnlaugur Þór Briem <gunnlaugur@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
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+--log-window-size=<n>;;
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+ Fetch <n> log entries per request when scanning Subversion history.
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+ The default is 100. For very large Subversion repositories, larger
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+ values may be needed for 'clone'/'fetch' to complete in reasonable
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+ time. But overly large values may lead to higher memory usage and
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+ request timeouts.
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'clone'::
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Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a
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directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it;