Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index f52e8fa8bfb6cd1b121eab7e8594368f5b1c6513..bd3ee456e336add5d880d6a1192646220e7c34d7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty]
-       [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
+       [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress]
        [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
 
 
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ base-name::
        <base-name> to determine the name of the created file.
        When this option is used, the two files are written in
        <base-name>-<SHA1>.{pack,idx} files.  <SHA1> is a hash
-       of object names (currently in random order so it does
-       not have any useful meaning) to make the resulting
-       filename reasonably unique, and written to the standard
+       of the sorted object names to make the resulting filename
+       based on the pack content, and written to the standard
        output of the command.
 
 --stdout::
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ base-name::
        it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker
        side, because delta data needs to be applied that many
        times to get to the necessary object.
-       The default value for both --window and --depth is 10.
+       The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
 
 --incremental::
        This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored
@@ -100,6 +99,23 @@ base-name::
         Only create a packed archive if it would contain at
         least one object.
 
+--progress::
+       Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+       by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+       is specified. This flag forces progress status even if
+       the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
+
+--all-progress::
+       When --stdout is specified then progress report is
+       displayed during the object count and deltification phases
+       but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is
+       that in some cases the output stream is directly linked
+       to another command which may wish to display progress
+       status of its own as it processes incoming pack data.
+       This flag is like --progress except that it forces progress
+       report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is
+       used.
+
 -q::
        This flag makes the command not to report its progress
        on the standard error stream.
@@ -111,6 +127,22 @@ base-name::
        This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas
        but compute them from scratch.
 
+--delta-base-offset::
+       A packed archive can express base object of a delta as
+       either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
+       stream, but older version of git does not understand the
+       latter.  By default, git-pack-objects only uses the
+       former format for better compatibility.  This option
+       allows the command to use the latter format for
+       compactness.  Depending on the average delta chain
+       length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
+       packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
+
+--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]::
+       This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
+       to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
+       64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
+
 
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