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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 2d67d3911e..4cb2e83faa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-pack-objects' [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] {--stdout | base-name} < object-list +[verse] +'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty] + [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] + {--stdout | base-name} < object-list DESCRIPTION @@ -32,6 +35,10 @@ 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. +In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed +whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is +often called a delta. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -74,6 +81,18 @@ base-name:: Only create a packed archive if it would contain at least one object. +-q:: + This flag makes the command not to report its progress + on the standard error stream. + +--no-reuse-delta:: + When creating a packed archive in a repository that + has existing packs, the command reuses existing deltas. + This sometimes results in a slightly suboptimal pack. + This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas + but compute them from scratch. + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |