git-pack-objects(1)
===================
-v0.1, July 2005
NAME
----
-git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects.
+git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-pack-objects' [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] {--stdout | base-name} < object-list
+[verse]
+'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty]
+ [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+ [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or
any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)
-enables GIT to read from such an archive.
+enables git to read from such an archive.
+
+In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed
+whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is
+often called a delta.
OPTIONS
output of the command.
--stdout::
- Write the pack contents (what would have been writtin to
+ Write the pack contents (what would have been written to
.pack file) out to the standard output.
+--revs::
+ Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of
+ individual object names. The revision arguments are processed
+ the same way as gitlink:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag
+ uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
+ outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed.
+
+--unpacked::
+ This implies `--revs`. When processing the list of
+ revision arguments read from the standard input, limit
+ the objects packed to those that are not already packed.
+
+--all::
+ This implies `--revs`. In addition to the list of
+ revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend
+ as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specifed to be
+ included.
+
--window and --depth::
These two options affects how the objects contained in
the pack are stored using delta compression. The
This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored
even if it appears in the standard input.
+--local::
+ This flag is similar to `--incremental`; instead of
+ ignoring all packed objects, it only ignores objects
+ that are packed and not in the local object store
+ (i.e. borrowed from an alternate).
+
+--non-empty::
+ Only create a packed archive if it would contain at
+ least one object.
+
+-q::
+ This flag makes the command not to report its progress
+ on the standard error stream.
+
+--no-reuse-delta::
+ When creating a packed archive in a repository that
+ has existing packs, the command reuses existing deltas.
+ This sometimes results in a slightly suboptimal pack.
+ This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas
+ but compute them from scratch.
+
Author
------
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-See-Also
+See Also
--------
+gitlink:git-rev-list[1]
gitlink:git-repack[1]
gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]