SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git
-index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
-'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
+'git
index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
+'git index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
[<pack-file>]
a default name determined from the pack content. If
<pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to
prevent a race condition between this process and
- linkgit:git-repack[1].
+ 'git repack'.
--fix-thin::
- It is possible for linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] to build
- "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on
- objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
- Those objects are expected to be present on the receiving end
- and they must be included in the pack for that pack to be self
- contained and indexable. Without this option any attempt to
- index a thin pack will fail. This option only makes sense in
- conjunction with --stdin.
+ Fix a "thin" pack produced by `git pack-objects --thin` (see
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for details) by adding the
+ excluded objects the deltified objects are based on to the
+ pack. This option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdin.
--keep::
Before moving the index into its final destination
create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file.
This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a
- simultaneous linkgit:git-repack[1] process from deleting
+ simultaneous 'git repack' process from deleting
the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be
updated to use objects contained in the pack.
and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was
also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a
new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a
-.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with linkgit:git-repack[1]
+.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack'
mentioned above.