--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py Fri Nov 25 15:14:40 2022 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py Mon Oct 17 16:26:16 2022 +0200
@@ -1858,7 +1858,12 @@
def gddeltaconfig(ui):
- """helper function to know if incoming delta should be optimised"""
+ """helper function to know if incoming deltas should be optimized
+
+ The `format.generaldelta` config is an old form of the config that also
+ implies that incoming delta-bases should be never be trusted. This function
+ exists for this purpose.
+ """
# experimental config: format.generaldelta
return ui.configbool(b'format', b'generaldelta')