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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-30 11:17:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-30 11:17:19 -0700 |
| commit | 90c88a698e8bf36ff5812a177f8b6c2f878f229c (patch) | |
| tree | 9ec632350aa0d4abb989a274dbe8145d3bc234f4 /Documentation/git-repack.txt | |
| parent | 72bb989d6e15f1ff443454b5836358ced1dc5bea (diff) | |
| parent | 206488774238c94ff337dd5c997be441dbde5112 (diff) | |
| download | git-90c88a698e8bf36ff5812a177f8b6c2f878f229c.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
Correct the name of NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER in the comment describing it.
git-remote: document -n
repack: improve documentation on -a option
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-repack.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index c33a512ffb..28949397ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently -reside in a "pack", into a pack. +reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organise +existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an @@ -28,11 +29,13 @@ OPTIONS -a:: Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, - pack everything available into a single pack. + pack everything referenced into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used for private development and there is no need to worry - about people fetching via dumb file transfer protocols - from it. Use with '-d'. + about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use + with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` + leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as + dangling. -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some |