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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 92f146d27d..ef310f362e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -165,9 +165,35 @@ depth is 4095. Pass the `--delta-islands` option to `git-pack-objects`, see linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -Configuration +-g=<factor>:: +--geometric=<factor>:: + Arrange resulting pack structure so that each successive pack + contains at least `<factor>` times the number of objects as the + next-largest pack. ++ +`git repack` ensures this by determining a "cut" of packfiles that need +to be repacked into one in order to ensure a geometric progression. It +picks the smallest set of packfiles such that as many of the larger +packfiles (by count of objects contained in that pack) may be left +intact. ++ +Unlike other repack modes, the set of objects to pack is determined +uniquely by the set of packs being "rolled-up"; in other words, the +packs determined to need to be combined in order to restore a geometric +progression. ++ +When `--unpacked` is specified, loose objects are implicitly included in +this "roll-up", without respect to their reachability. This is subject +to change in the future. This option (implying a drastically different +repack mode) is not guaranteed to work with all other combinations of +option to `git repack`. + +CONFIGURATION ------------- +Various configuration variables affect packing, see +linkgit:git-config[1] (search for "pack" and "delta"). + By default, 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 @@ -178,6 +204,10 @@ need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly as needed in that case. +Delta compression is not used on objects larger than the +`core.bigFileThreshold` configuration variable and on files with the +attribute `delta` set to false. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |