Merge branch 'ew/remote' into next

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index 2e23cbc0f544fa3347bd5a7990ce82ea112ee864..8fb065943862e55c6cc0b3c7408506d06ad510f4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-pack-redundant(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
 
 NAME
 ----

-git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files.
+git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files

 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

-'git-pack-redundant [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >'
+'git-pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >

 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------


@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ This program computes which packs in your repository
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 

+git-pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects
+given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the 
+following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable
+objects.
+
+git-fsck-objects --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \
+git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
+

 OPTIONS
 -------
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 


@@ -38,7 +46,7 @@ Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
 
 --------------
 Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
 

-See-Also
+See Also

 --------
 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
 gitlink:git-repack[1]
 --------
 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
 gitlink:git-repack[1]