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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index a9c373c7b5..96684bc510 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -192,13 +192,18 @@ self-contained. Use `git index-pack --fix-thin` --delta-base-offset:: A packed archive can express the base object of a delta as either a 20-byte object name or as an offset in the - stream, but older versions of git don't understand the + stream, but ancient versions of git don't understand the latter. By default, 'git pack-objects' only uses the former format for better compatibility. This option allows the command to use the latter format for compactness. Depending on the average delta chain length, this option typically shrinks the resulting packfile by 3-5 per-cent. ++ +Note: Porcelain commands such as `git gc` (see linkgit:git-gc[1]), +`git repack` (see linkgit:git-repack[1]) pass this option by default +in modern git when they put objects in your repository into pack files. +So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle. --threads=<n>:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best |