mingw: allow building with an MSYS2 runtime v3.x
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-pack-objects.txt
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
        [--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
        [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
        [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name]
-       [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
+       [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--sparse] < object-list
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -196,6 +196,15 @@ depth is 4095.
        Add --no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression
        level on all data no matter the source.
 
+--sparse::
+       Use the "sparse" algorithm to determine which objects to include in
+       the pack, when combined with the "--revs" option. This algorithm
+       only walks trees that appear in paths that introduce new objects.
+       This can have significant performance benefits when computing
+       a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible that extra
+       objects are added to the pack-file if the included commits contain
+       certain types of direct renames.
+
 --thin::
        Create a "thin" pack by omitting the common objects between a
        sender and a receiver in order to reduce network transfer. This