From f95844a35d76c43a2162d709338b4c40aeaa9bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcus Holland-Moritz Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 21:52:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add more documentation details for `--file-hash` option --- doc/mkdwarfs.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/mkdwarfs.md b/doc/mkdwarfs.md index b3dd8031..b9b2b6f0 100644 --- a/doc/mkdwarfs.md +++ b/doc/mkdwarfs.md @@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ Most other options are concerned with compression tuning: - `--file-hash=none`|*name*: Select the hashing function to be used for file deduplication. If `none` - is chosen, file deduplication is disabled. + is chosen, file deduplication is disabled. By default, the built-in + `XXH3-128` hash is used. This is not a secure hash function, but it is + significantly faster. The full list of supported hash function depends + on the version of OpenSSL that the binary is linked against and is shown + in the output of `mkdwarfs -h`. - `--log-level=`*name*: Specifiy a logging level.