Create a new manpage for the gitignore format, and reference it elsewhere

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index fdc6f9728921e3bf71a57d441c99c8fb7d280803..bd3ee456e336add5d880d6a1192646220e7c34d7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -83,7 +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
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ base-name::
        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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