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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty]
[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
- {--stdout | base-name} < object-list
+ [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ base-name::
Write the pack contents (what would have been written to
.pack file) out to the standard output.
+--revs::
+ Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of
+ individual object names. The revision arguments are processed
+ the same way as gitlink:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag
+ uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
+ outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed.
+
+--unpacked::
+ This implies `--revs`. When processing the list of
+ revision arguments read from the standard input, limit
+ the objects packed to those that are not already packed.
+
+--all::
+ This implies `--revs`. In addition to the list of
+ revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend
+ as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specifed to be
+ included.
+
--window and --depth::
These two options affects how the objects contained in
the pack are stored using delta compression. The
@@ -103,6 +121,7 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano
See Also
--------
+gitlink:git-rev-list[1]
gitlink:git-repack[1]
gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]