allow for undeltified objects not to be reused

[git.git] / Documentation / git-pack-objects.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 5ebe34eebf3d5e36cf67b20d4fd3247508bd8c5a..ce892147ddc373e2ffcadc5911a4947dc409e36b 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.
        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
 
 --incremental::
        This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored


@@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ base-name::
         Only create a packed archive if it would contain at
         least one object.
 
         Only create a packed archive if it would contain at
         least one object.
 

+--progress::
+       Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
+       by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
+       is specified. This flag forces progress status even if
+       the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
+
+--all-progress::
+       When --stdout is specified then progress report is
+       displayed during the object count and deltification phases
+       but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is
+       that in some cases the output stream is directly linked
+       to another command which may wish to display progress
+       status of its own as it processes incoming pack data.
+       This flag is like --progress except that it forces progress
+       report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is
+       used.
+

 -q::
        This flag makes the command not to report its progress
        on the standard error stream.
 -q::
        This flag makes the command not to report its progress
        on the standard error stream.


@@ -110,6 +127,13 @@ base-name::
        This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas
        but compute them from scratch.
 
        This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas
        but compute them from scratch.
 

+--no-reuse-object::
+       This flag tells the command not to reuse existing object data at all,
+       including non deltified object, forcing recompression of everything.
+       This implies --no-reuse-delta. Useful only in the obscur case where
+       wholesale enforcement of a different compression level on the
+       packed data is desired.
+

 --delta-base-offset::
        A packed archive can express base object of a delta as
        either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
 --delta-base-offset::
        A packed archive can express base object of a delta as
        either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the


@@ -121,6 +145,11 @@ base-name::
        length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
        packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
 
        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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