git-unpack-objects(1)
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-v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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-git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive.
+git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-unpack-objects' [-q] <pack-file
+'git-unpack-objects' [-
n] [-q] <pack-file
DESCRIPTION
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-Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, and
-expands the objects contained in the pack into "one-file
-one-object" format in $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY.
+Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding
+the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in
+"loose" (one object per file) format.
+
+Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked
+from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use
+this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository.
+
+Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate
+new packs and replace existing ones.
OPTIONS
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+-n::
+ Only list the objects that would be unpacked, don't actually unpack
+ them.
+
-q::
The command usually shows percentage progress. This
flag suppresses it.