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| author |  Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net> | 2008-05-15 22:37:31 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-05-16 12:51:34 -0700 |
| commit | bbefaa1f38a47e06c32612edc2f64a0168cc40b2 (patch) | |
| tree | ddf71f3299315f68fb76f8c2bfae1ded3a9ae0cf | |
| parent | let pack-objects do the writing of unreachable objects as loose objects (diff) | |
| download | tgif-bbefaa1f38a47e06c32612edc2f64a0168cc40b2.tar.xz | |
Documentation/git-repack.txt: document new -A behaviour
Add paragraph for the -A option, and describe the new behaviour
that makes unreachable objects loose.
Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 3d957492f8..906d3c7054 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] +'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ OPTIONS leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as dangling. +-A:: + Same as `-a`, but any unreachable objects in a previous + pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being + left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never + intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. + When used with '-d', this option + prevents unreachable objects from being immediately + deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then + removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects + will be pruned according to normal expiry rules + with the next linkgit:git-gc[1]. + -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs. |