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   1git-unpack-objects(1)
   2=====================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file
  12
  13
  14DESCRIPTION
  15-----------
  16Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding
  17the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in
  18"loose" (one object per file) format.
  19
  20Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked
  21from the pack-file.  Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use
  22this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository.
  23
  24See linkgit:git-repack[1] for options to generate
  25new packs and replace existing ones.
  26
  27OPTIONS
  28-------
  29-n::
  30        Dry run.  Check the pack file without actually unpacking
  31        the objects.
  32
  33-q::
  34        The command usually shows percentage progress.  This
  35        flag suppresses it.
  36
  37-r::
  38        When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at
  39        the first corruption.  This flag tells it to keep going
  40        and make the best effort to recover as many objects as
  41        possible.
  42
  43--strict::
  44        Don't write objects with broken content or links.
  45
  46
  47Author
  48------
  49Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  50
  51Documentation
  52-------------
  53Documentation by Junio C Hamano
  54
  55GIT
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  57Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite