midx: use midx in approximate_object_count

diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index 74f6f2a95768be81eb12e93cc667167835fd469a..1f97e79912f45df81956285337c1be89bccfb390 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-multi-pack-index - Write and verify multi-pack-indexes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>]
+'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>] <verb>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,6 +23,26 @@ OPTIONS
        `<dir>/packs/multi-pack-index` for the current MIDX file, and
        `<dir>/packs` for the pack-files to index.
 
+write::
+       When given as the verb, write a new MIDX file to
+       `<dir>/packs/multi-pack-index`.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
++
+-----------------------------------------------
+$ git multi-pack-index write
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in an alternate object store.
++
+-----------------------------------------------
+$ git multi-pack-index --object-dir <alt> write
+-----------------------------------------------
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------