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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index f54d433d36..ffd5025f7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -32,7 +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. -The '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 @@ -61,7 +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 'git-rev-list' with the `--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. @@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ base-name:: `--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the default. ---max-pack-size=<n>:: - Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB. +--max-pack-size=[N]:: + Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with + "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. The default is unlimited, unless the config variable `pack.packSizeLimit` is set. @@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ base-name:: 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 |