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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-30 16:03:10 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-30 16:03:10 -0800
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parentt6000lib: Fix permission (diff)
parentAdd a small patch-mode testing library (diff)
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Merge commit 'b319ef7' into jc/maint-fix-test-perm
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index 2229ee86b7..4b5c743c1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
-'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>]
+[verse]
+'git index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
+'git index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
+ [<pack-file>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -41,10 +43,10 @@ OPTIONS
a default name determined from the pack content. If
<pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to
prevent a race condition between this process and
- gitlink::git-repack[1] .
+ 'git-repack'.
--fix-thin::
- It is possible for gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] to build
+ 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
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS
Before moving the index into its final destination
create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file.
This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a
- simultaneous gitlink:git-repack[1] process from deleting
+ simultaneous 'git-repack' process from deleting
the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be
updated to use objects contained in the pack.
@@ -68,6 +70,14 @@ OPTIONS
message can later be searched for within all .keep files to
locate any which have outlived their usefulness.
+--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]::
+ This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
+ to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
+ 64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
+
+--strict::
+ Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links.
+
Note
----
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted
and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was
also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a
new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a
-.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with gitlink:git-repack[1]
+.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git-repack'
mentioned above.
@@ -90,5 +100,4 @@ Documentation by Sergey Vlasov
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite