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| author |  Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> | 2007-06-30 20:56:12 +1200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-30 10:50:18 -0700 |
| commit | 38d697a156f6e6702cfe9d460296cb521e3fb1b2 (patch) | |
| tree | c81f317106bc236fbffab25ac6e6bcc6b5b5e590 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'maint' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui into maint (diff) | |
| download | tgif-38d697a156f6e6702cfe9d460296cb521e3fb1b2.tar.xz | |
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>
| -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 cc3b0b21c7..c57013b953 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 |