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+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ SYNOPSIS
'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]
+ [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
+ [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name]
[--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Reads list of objects from the standard input, and writes a packed
-archive with specified base-name, or to the standard output.
+Reads list of objects from the standard input, and writes either one or
+more packed archives with the specified base-name to disk, or a packed
+archive to the standard output.
A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer a set of objects
between two repositories as well as an access efficient archival
@@ -47,9 +49,9 @@ transport by their peers.
OPTIONS
-------
base-name::
- Write into a pair of files (.pack and .idx), using
+ Write into pairs of files (.pack and .idx), using
<base-name> to determine the name of the created file.
- When this option is used, the two files are written in
+ When this option is used, the two files in a pair are written in
<base-name>-<SHA-1>.{pack,idx} files. <SHA-1> is a hash
based on the pack content and is written to the standard
output of the command.
@@ -94,7 +96,9 @@ base-name::
it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker
side, because delta data needs to be applied that many
times to get to the necessary object.
- The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
++
+The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50. The maximum
+depth is 4095.
--window-memory=<n>::
This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`;
@@ -108,9 +112,13 @@ base-name::
is taken from the `pack.windowMemory` configuration variable.
--max-pack-size=<n>::
- Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with
+ In unusual scenarios, you may not be able to create files
+ larger than a certain size on your filesystem, and this option
+ can be used to tell the command to split the output packfile
+ into multiple independent packfiles, each not larger than the
+ given size. 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, which also
+ This option
prevents the creation of a bitmap index.
The default is unlimited, unless the config variable
`pack.packSizeLimit` is set.
@@ -120,6 +128,13 @@ base-name::
has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it would have
otherwise been packed.
+--keep-pack=<pack-name>::
+ This flag causes an object already in the given pack to be
+ ignored, even if it would have otherwise been
+ packed. `<pack-name>` is the the pack file name without
+ leading directory (e.g. `pack-123.pack`). The option could be
+ specified multiple times to keep multiple packs.
+
--incremental::
This flag causes an object already in a pack to be ignored
even if it would have otherwise been packed.
@@ -231,6 +246,49 @@ So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle.
With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed
nevertheless.
+--filter=<filter-spec>::
+ Requires `--stdout`. Omits certain objects (usually blobs) from
+ the resulting packfile. See linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for valid
+ `<filter-spec>` forms.
+
+--no-filter::
+ Turns off any previous `--filter=` argument.
+
+--missing=<missing-action>::
+ A debug option to help with future "partial clone" development.
+ This option specifies how missing objects are handled.
++
+The form '--missing=error' requests that pack-objects stop with an error if
+a missing object is encountered. This is the default action.
++
+The form '--missing=allow-any' will allow object traversal to continue
+if a missing object is encountered. Missing objects will silently be
+omitted from the results.
++
+The form '--missing=allow-promisor' is like 'allow-any', but will only
+allow object traversal to continue for EXPECTED promisor missing objects.
+Unexpected missing object will raise an error.
+
+--exclude-promisor-objects::
+ Omit objects that are known to be in the promisor remote. (This
+ option has the purpose of operating only on locally created objects,
+ so that when we repack, we still maintain a distinction between
+ locally created objects [without .promisor] and objects from the
+ promisor remote [with .promisor].) This is used with partial clone.
+
+--keep-unreachable::
+ Objects unreachable from the refs in packs named with
+ --unpacked= option are added to the resulting pack, in
+ addition to the reachable objects that are not in packs marked
+ with *.keep files. This implies `--revs`.
+
+--pack-loose-unreachable::
+ Pack unreachable loose objects (and their loose counterparts
+ removed). This implies `--revs`.
+
+--unpack-unreachable::
+ Keep unreachable objects in loose form. This implies `--revs`.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rev-list[1]