From 738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Boyd Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:10:28 -0800 Subject: Documentation: describe --thin more accurately The description for --thin was misleading and downright wrong. Correct it with some inspiration from the description of index-pack's --fix-thin and some background information from Nicolas Pitre . Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-index-pack.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 65a301bece..f3ccc72f0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -46,14 +46,10 @@ OPTIONS 'git repack'. --fix-thin:: - It is possible for 'git pack-objects' to build - "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on - objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic. - Those objects are expected to be present on the receiving end - and they must be included in the pack for that pack to be self - contained and indexable. Without this option any attempt to - index a thin pack will fail. This option only makes sense in - conjunction with --stdin. + Fix a "thin" pack produced by `git pack-objects --thin` (see + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for details) by adding the + excluded objects the deltified objects are based on to the + pack. This option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdin. --keep:: Before moving the index into its final destination -- cgit v1.2.1