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authorSam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>2007-06-30 20:56:12 +1200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-06-30 10:50:18 -0700
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repack: improve documentation on -a option
Some minor enhancements to the git-repack manual page. Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
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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