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@@ -43,23 +43,19 @@ OPTIONS
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
- 'git-repack'.
+ '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
create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file.
This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a
- simultaneous 'git-repack' 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.
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ 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
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 'git-repack'
+.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack'
mentioned above.