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| author |  sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> | 2006-05-05 15:05:36 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-05 14:22:32 -0700 |
| commit | ae0b219c8e32aa8f34401252d845916b136a467b (patch) | |
| tree | 2855e09aeac3e5557f2492231c1f9617a62ebd58 /Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | |
| parent | Fix up docs where "--" isn't displayed correctly. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ae0b219c8e32aa8f34401252d845916b136a467b.tar.xz | |
Update git-unpack-objects documentation.
Document that git-unpack-objects will not produce any
results when used on a pack that exists in a repository;
move it first.
Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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 ------- |