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diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 2229ee86b7..7a4e055520 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 @@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive together with the pack index can then be placed in the -objects/pack/ directory of a git repository. +objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository. OPTIONS @@ -37,58 +39,65 @@ OPTIONS When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If <pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to - objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with + objects/pack/ directory of the current Git repository with 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 - "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 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. ---keep='why':: +--keep=<msg>:: Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file - place 'why' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The 'why' + place '<msg>' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '<msg>' 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. + +--check-self-contained-and-connected:: + Die if the pack contains broken links. For internal use only. + +--threads=<n>:: + Specifies the number of threads to spawn when resolving + deltas. This requires that index-pack be compiled with + pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning. + This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor + machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search + window is however multiplied by the number of threads. + Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's + and use maximum 3 threads. + Note ---- 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 +and the SHA-1 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. - -Author ------- -Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Sergey Vlasov - GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |