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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b6cd57acc2..e34a70f0df 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -506,14 +506,16 @@ Unless @code{--lose-logs} is used, all the build logs are kept in the @var{localstatedir}. To save space, the daemon automatically compresses them with bzip2 by default. This option disables that. -@item --disable-store-optimization +@item --disable-deduplication +@cindex deduplication Disable automatic file ``deduplication'' in the store. By default, files added to the store are automatically ``deduplicated'': -if a newly added file is identical as another one found in the store, -the daemon makes the new file a hard link to the other file. This -slightly increases the input/output load at the end of a build process. -This option disables this. +if a newly added file is identical to another one found in the store, +the daemon makes the new file a hard link to the other file. This can +noticeably reduce disk usage, at the expense of slightly increasde +input/output load at the end of a build process. This option disables +this optimization. @item --gc-keep-outputs[=yes|no] Tell whether the garbage collector (GC) must keep outputs of live |