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   1git-upload-pack(1)
   2==================
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-upload-pack - Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git upload-pack' [--strict] [--timeout=<n>] <directory>
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Invoked by 'git-fetch-pack', learns what
  16objects the other side is missing, and sends them after packing.
  17
  18This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user.
  19The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-fetch-pack' side, and the
  20program pair is meant to be used to pull updates from a remote
  21repository.  For push operations, see 'git-send-pack'.
  22
  23
  24OPTIONS
  25-------
  26
  27--strict::
  28        Do not try <directory>/.git/ if <directory> is no git directory.
  29
  30--timeout=<n>::
  31        Interrupt transfer after <n> seconds of inactivity.
  32
  33<directory>::
  34        The repository to sync from.
  35
  36Author
  37------
  38Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  39
  40Documentation
  41--------------
  42Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
  43
  44GIT
  45---
  46Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite