SYNOPSIS
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-'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
DESCRIPTION
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Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
pack everything referenced into a single pack.
Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
- for private development and there is no need to worry
- about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
+ for private development. Use
with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as
dangling.
++
+Note that users fetching over dumb protocols will have to fetch the
+whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how many
+other objects in that pack they already have locally.
-A::
- Same as `-a`, but any unreachable objects in a previous
- pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being
- left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never
- intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking.
- When used with '-d', this option
- prevents unreachable objects from being immediately
+ Same as `-a`, unless '-d' is used. Then any unreachable
+ objects in a previous pack become loose, unpacked objects,
+ instead of being left in the old pack. Unreachable objects
+ are never intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking.
+ This option prevents unreachable objects from being immediately
deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then
removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects
will be pruned according to normal expiry rules
- with the next linkgit:git-gc[1].
+ with the next 'git-gc' invocation. See linkgit:git-gc[1].
-d::
After packing, if the newly created packs make some
existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
- Also runs linkgit:git-prune-packed[1].
+ Also run 'git-prune-packed' to remove redundant
+ loose object files.
-l::
- Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+ Pass the `--local` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-f::
- Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+ Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-q::
- Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+ Pass the `-q` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-n::
Do not update the server information with
- `git update-server-info`. This option skips
+ 'git-update-server-info'. This option skips
updating local catalog files needed to publish
this repository (or a direct copy of it)
- over HTTP or FTP. See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1].
+ over HTTP or FTP. See linkgit:git-update-server-info[1].
--window=[N]::
--depth=[N]::
When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set
for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset`
-option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly
+option to 'git-pack-objects'; this typically results in slightly
smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with
versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set
the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to