diff --git a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ cache_dir = %(here)s/data
 index_dir = %(here)s/data/index
 app_instance_uuid = ${app_instance_uuid}
 cut_off_limit = 256000
+vcs_full_cache = True
 force_https = false
 commit_parse_limit = 50
 use_gravatar = true