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diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt index ffd601bc17..3b0b55cd75 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ git-multi-pack-index - Write and verify multi-pack-indexes SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>] [--[no-]progress] - [--preferred-pack=<pack>] <subcommand> +'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>] [--[no-]bitmap] <sub-command> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,10 +22,13 @@ OPTIONS Use given directory for the location of Git objects. We check `<dir>/packs/multi-pack-index` for the current MIDX file, and `<dir>/packs` for the pack-files to index. ++ +`<dir>` must be an alternate of the current repository. --[no-]progress:: Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is - shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. + shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. Supported by + sub-commands `write`, `verify`, `expire`, and `repack. The following subcommands are available: @@ -37,9 +39,12 @@ write:: -- --preferred-pack=<pack>:: Optionally specify the tie-breaking pack used when - multiple packs contain the same object. If not given, - ties are broken in favor of the pack with the lowest - mtime. + multiple packs contain the same object. `<pack>` must + contain at least one object. If not given, ties are + broken in favor of the pack with the lowest mtime. + + --[no-]bitmap:: + Control whether or not a multi-pack bitmap is written. -- verify:: @@ -81,6 +86,13 @@ EXAMPLES $ git multi-pack-index write ----------------------------------------------- +* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder with a +corresponding bitmap. ++ +------------------------------------------------------------- +$ git multi-pack-index write --preferred-pack=<pack> --bitmap +------------------------------------------------------------- + * Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in an alternate object store. + ----------------------------------------------- |