NAME
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-git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
-objects into pack files.
+git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
SYNOPSIS
Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
pack everything available into a single pack.
Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
- for a private development and there no need to worry
- about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
- with '-d'.
+ for private development and there is no need to worry
+ about people fetching via dumb file transfer protocols
+ from it. Use with '-d'.
-d::
After packing, if the newly created packs make some
The default value for both --window and --depth is 10.
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+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
+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
+be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can
+be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs
+that way can try to use older git with it).
+
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>