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.
-       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
@@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ base-name::
         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.
@@ -110,6 +127,13 @@ base-name::
        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
@@ -121,6 +145,11 @@ base-name::
        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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