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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-05 15:36:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-05 15:36:04 -0700 |
| commit | 2749fa7771f2a4323b48b78fa194a90d611bc2d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f3426fc3a5cb59c716ccb58e38e74432c7f79ea /Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/fmt-patch' into next (diff) | |
| parent | binary diff: further updates. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-2749fa7771f2a4323b48b78fa194a90d611bc2d8.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/bindiff' into next
* jc/bindiff:
binary diff: further updates.
binary patch.
pack-object: squelch eye-candy on non-tty
core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD
repo-config: trim white-space before comment
Fix for config file section parsing.
Clarify git-cherry documentation.
Update git-unpack-objects documentation.
Fix up docs where "--" isn't displayed correctly.
Several trivial documentation touch ups.
git-svn 1.0.0
git-svn: documentation updates
delta: stricter constness
Makefile: do not link rev-list any specially.
builtin-push: --all and --tags _are_ explicit refspecs
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index 18280628a1..c20b38b08a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, and -expands the objects contained in the pack into "one-file -one-object" format in $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY. +Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding +the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in +"loose" (one object per file) format. + +Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked +from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use +this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository. + +Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate +new packs and replace existing ones. OPTIONS ------- |