fsck: Commit incremental fsck database after every 1000 files fscked, or every 5 minutes, whichever comes first.

Previously, commits were made every 1000 files fscked.

Also, improve docs
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Joey Hess 2015-07-31 16:42:15 -04:00
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@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ Also tried with `docker/ubuntu:latest` using a clean install from https://downlo
git-annex: 5.20150522-gb199d65
Linux: 3.16.0-43-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 19 11:04:02 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> I've adjusted the timing of the fsck checkpoints used in resumes some.
> Now it makes one every 5 minutes, or every 1000 files, whichever comes
> first. I could make this tunable, but I don't think it's worth adding the
> complexity; this heuristic should work pretty well.
>
> Another approach would be to catch sigint and commit the fsck database
> then, as is now done when --time-limit interrupts a fsck run.
> But, I am leery of complicating git-annex with signal handling,
> so I've not done that currently.
>
> Also, documented this in fsck's man page. [[done]] --[[Joey]]