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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index fbdc8adae5..a8a9509e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git show-index' < idx-file +'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 |