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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index c57013b953..12e2079a7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 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 +reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with @@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ OPTIONS to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object. The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50. +--window-memory=[N]:: + This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`; + the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take + up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in + repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run + out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take + advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The + size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". + `--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the + default. + +--max-pack-size=<n>:: + Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB. + If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. + The default is unlimited. + Configuration ------------- @@ -99,4 +115,3 @@ gitlink:git-prune-packed[1] GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - |