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repack: improve documentation on -a option
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Sam Vilain
<sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:56:12 +0000
(20:56 +1200)
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Junio C Hamano
<gitster@pobox.com>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:50:18 +0000
(10:50 -0700)
Some minor enhancements to the git-repack manual page.
Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-repack.txt
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Documentation/git-repack.txt
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Documentation/git-repack.txt
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-14,7
+14,8
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DESCRIPTION
-----------
This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
-----------
This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
-reside in a "pack", into a pack.
+reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organise
+existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.
A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
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-28,11
+29,13
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OPTIONS
-a::
Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
-a::
Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
- pack everything
available
into a single pack.
+ pack everything
referenced
into a single pack.
Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
for private development and there is no need to worry
Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
for private development and there is no need to worry
- about people fetching via dumb file transfer protocols
- from it. Use with '-d'.
+ about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
+ with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
+ leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as
+ dangling.
-d::
After packing, if the newly created packs make some
-d::
After packing, if the newly created packs make some