archive: describe compression level option
Describe the only <extra> option in `git archive`, that is the compression level option. Previously this option is only described for zip backend; add description also for tar backend. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
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~~~
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--0::
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- Store the files instead of deflating them.
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--9::
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- Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any
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- number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio.
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+-<digit>::
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+ Specify compression level. Larger values allow the command
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+ to spend more time to compress to smaller size. Supported
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+ values are from `-0` (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio).
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+ Default is `-6` if not given.
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+tar
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+~~~
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+-<number>::
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+ Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the
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+ compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See
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+ manual page of the configured command for the list of supported
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+ levels and the default level if this option isn't specified.
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CONFIGURATION
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