config: clarify compression defaults

bdowning · gitster · commit dec92309417d · 2007-11-20T00:14:12.000-08:00
* Clarify that core.compression provides a system-wide default to
  other compression parameters.

* Explain that the default for pack.compression, -1, is "a default
  compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
  to level 6)" according to zlib.h.

Signed-off-by: Brian Downing &lt;bdowning@lavos.net&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre &lt;nico@cam.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ core.compression::
 	An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
 	-1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
 	and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
+	If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
+	such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
 
 core.loosecompression::
 	An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
@@ -622,7 +624,9 @@ pack.compression::
 	in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
 	compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
 	slowest.  If not set,  defaults to core.compression.  If that is
-	not set,  defaults to -1.
+	not set,  defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
+	compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
+	to level 6)."
 
 pack.deltaCacheSize::
 	The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
