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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 04d6f1fbc4..aaa8852629 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] +'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -38,40 +38,40 @@ OPTIONS dangling. -A:: - Same as `-a`, but any unreachable objects in a previous - pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being - left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never - intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. - When used with '-d', this option - prevents unreachable objects from being immediately + Same as `-a`, unless '-d' is used. Then any unreachable + objects in a previous pack become loose, unpacked objects, + instead of being left in the old pack. Unreachable objects + are never intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. + This option prevents unreachable objects from being immediately deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects will be pruned according to normal expiry rules - with the next linkgit:git-gc[1]. + with the next 'git-gc' invocation. See linkgit:git-gc[1]. -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs. - Also runs linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]. + Also run 'git-prune-packed' to remove redundant + loose object files. -l:: - Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `--local` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -f:: - Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -q:: - Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `-q` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -n:: Do not update the server information with - `git update-server-info`. This option skips + 'git-update-server-info'. This option skips updating local catalog files needed to publish this repository (or a direct copy of it) - over HTTP or FTP. See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1]. + over HTTP or FTP. See linkgit:git-update-server-info[1]. --window=[N]:: --depth=[N]:: @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ 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 +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 |