1git-index-pack(1) 2================= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git-index-pack' [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> 12 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and 17builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive 18together with the pack index can then be placed in the 19objects/pack/ directory of a git repository. 20 21 22OPTIONS 23------- 24-o <index-file>:: 25 Write the generated pack index into the specified 26 file. Without this option the name of pack index 27 file is constructed from the name of packed archive 28 file by replacing .pack with .idx (and the program 29 fails if the name of packed archive does not end 30 with .pack). 31 32 33Author 34------ 35Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> 36 37Documentation 38------------- 39Documentation by Sergey Vlasov 40 41GIT 42--- 43Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 44