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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index e3285aacfd..a8a9509e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -8,26 +8,19 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git show-index' < idx-file +[verse] +'git show-index' DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with -'git-pack-objects' command, and dumps its contents. +Read the idx file for a Git packfile created with +'git pack-objects' command from the standard input, and +dump its contents. The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from -'git-verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile -offset and SHA1 of each object. - - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano +'git verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile +offset and SHA-1 of each object. GIT --- |