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| author |  Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> | 2010-02-18 01:10:28 -0800 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-02-18 17:13:18 -0800 |
| commit | 738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 718179c8b15a91d859174d63f4a8d236963da082 /Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | |
| parent | docs: don't talk about $GIT_DIR/refs/ everywhere (diff) | |
| download | tgif-738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1.tar.xz | |
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 <nico@fluxnic.net>.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-index-pack.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
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 |