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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c57013b953 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +git-repack(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently +reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organise +existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. + +A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with +delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an +associated index file. + +Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup +engines, disk storage, etc. + +OPTIONS +------- + +-a:: + Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, + pack everything referenced into a single pack. + Especially useful when packing a repository that is used + for private development and there is no need to worry + about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use + with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` + leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as + dangling. + +-d:: + After packing, if the newly created packs make some + existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs. + Also runs gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]. + +-l:: + Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see + gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. + +-f:: + Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see + gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. + +-q:: + Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see + gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. + +-n:: + Do not update the server information with + `git update-server-info`. + +--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 optionally names and compared against the + other objects within `--window` to see if using delta compression saves + space. `--depth` limits the maximum delta depth; making 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. + + +Configuration +------------- + +When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set +for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset` +option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly +smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with +versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set +the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to +be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can +be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs +that way can try to use older git with it). + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] +gitlink:git-prune-packed[1] + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |