make index-pack able to complete thin packs.

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index db7af5859e90b02ec74ddad91cd46fab01c86e62..c58287d6824cc64f460617e759318bb834f10807 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-index-pack' [-o <index-file>] { <pack-file> | --stdin [<pack-file>] }
+'git-index-pack' [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
+'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ OPTIONS
        objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with
        a default name determined from the pack content.
 
+--fix-thin::
+       It is possible for gitlink: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
+       conjonction with --stdin.
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>