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(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 older 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