1git-unpack-objects(1) 2===================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] < <packfile> 13 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding 18the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in 19"loose" (one object per file) format. 20 21Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked 22from the packfile. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use 23this command on a packfile that exists within the target repository. 24 25See linkgit:git-repack[1] for options to generate 26new packs and replace existing ones. 27 28OPTIONS 29------- 30-n:: 31 Dry run. Check the pack file without actually unpacking 32 the objects. 33 34-q:: 35 The command usually shows percentage progress. This 36 flag suppresses it. 37 38-r:: 39 When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at 40 the first corruption. This flag tells it to keep going 41 and make the best effort to recover as many objects as 42 possible. 43 44--strict:: 45 Don't write objects with broken content or links. 46 47GIT 48--- 49Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite