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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index ae750e9e11..d056250968 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] +'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ OPTIONS Note that users fetching over dumb protocols will have to fetch the whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how many other objects in that pack they already have locally. ++ +Promisor packfiles are repacked separately: if there are packfiles that +have an associated ".promisor" file, these packfiles will be repacked +into another separate pack, and an empty ".promisor" file corresponding +to the new separate pack will be written. -A:: Same as `-a`, unless `-d` is used. Then any unreachable @@ -90,7 +95,9 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. 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. ++ +The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50. The maximum +depth is 4095. --threads=<n>:: This option is passed through to `git pack-objects`. @@ -133,6 +140,13 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally. with `-b` or `repack.writeBitmaps`, as it ensures that the bitmapped packfile has the necessary objects. +--keep-pack=<pack-name>:: + Exclude the given pack from repacking. This is the equivalent + of having `.keep` file on the pack. `<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. + --unpack-unreachable=<when>:: When loosening unreachable objects, do not bother loosening any objects older than `<when>`. This can be used to optimize out |