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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 3a1be08186..f54d433d36 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
- [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress]
- [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
+'git pack-objects' [-q | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied]
+ [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
+ [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+ [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name]
+ [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or
any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)
enables git to read from such an archive.
-'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and
+The 'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and
expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file
one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull
commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ base-name::
--revs::
Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of
individual object names. The revision arguments are processed
- the same way as linkgit:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag
+ the same way as 'git-rev-list' with the `--objects` flag
uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed.
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ base-name::
reference was included in the resulting packfile. This
can be useful to send new tags to native git clients.
---window=[N], --depth=[N]::
+--window=[N]::
+--depth=[N]::
These two options affect how the objects contained in
the pack are stored using delta compression. The
objects are first internally sorted by type, size and
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@ base-name::
The default is unlimited, unless the config variable
`pack.packSizeLimit` is set.
+--honor-pack-keep::
+ This flag causes an object already in a local pack that
+ has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it appears in the
+ standard input.
+
--incremental::
This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored
even if it appears in the standard input.
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ base-name::
--local::
This flag is similar to `--incremental`; instead of
ignoring all packed objects, it only ignores objects
- that are packed and not in the local object store
+ that are packed and/or not in the local object store
(i.e. borrowed from an alternate).
--non-empty::
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ base-name::
--all-progress::
When --stdout is specified then progress report is
- displayed during the object count and deltification phases
+ displayed during the object count and compression phases
but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is
that in some cases the output stream is directly linked
to another command which may wish to display progress
@@ -139,6 +147,11 @@ base-name::
report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is
used.
+--all-progress-implied::
+ This is used to imply --all-progress whenever progress display
+ is activated. Unlike --all-progress this flag doesn't actually
+ force any progress display by itself.
+
-q::
This flag makes the command not to report its progress
on the standard error stream.
@@ -162,14 +175,14 @@ base-name::
generated pack. If not specified, pack compression level is
determined first by pack.compression, then by core.compression,
and defaults to -1, the zlib default, if neither is set.
- Add \--no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression
+ Add --no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression
level on all data no matter the source.
--delta-base-offset::
A packed archive can express base object of a delta as
either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
stream, but older version of git does not understand the
- latter. By default, git-pack-objects only uses 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
@@ -191,6 +204,10 @@ base-name::
to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
+--keep-true-parents::
+ With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed
+ nevertheless.
+
Author
------
@@ -200,7 +217,7 @@ Documentation
-------------
Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rev-list[1]
linkgit:git-repack[1]
@@ -208,4 +225,4 @@ linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite