Merge branch 'maint'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index a51071e5247f3a6c525b93384ec0ffc1a12eb8d2..20c8551d6a2b3483cfea6669511192583c03e682 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ base-name::
 
 --honor-pack-keep::
        This flag causes an object already in a local pack that
-       has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it it would have
+       has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it would have
        otherwise been packed.
 
 --incremental::
@@ -190,15 +190,20 @@ self-contained. Use `git index-pack --fix-thin`
 (see linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) to restore the self-contained property.
 
 --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
-       stream, but older version of git does not understand the
+       A packed archive can express the base object of a delta as
+       either a 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
+       stream, but ancient versions of git don't understand the
        latter.  By default, 'git pack-objects' only uses the
        former format for better compatibility.  This option
        allows the command to use the latter format for
        compactness.  Depending on the average delta chain
        length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
        packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
++
+Note: Porcelain commands such as `git gc` (see linkgit:git-gc[1]),
+`git repack` (see linkgit:git-repack[1]) pass this option by default
+in modern git when they put objects in your repository into pack files.
+So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle.
 
 --threads=<n>::
        Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best