Produce a nicer output in case of sha1_object_info failures in ls-tree -l

[git.git] / Documentation / git-repack.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index d14ab5154f6286d3b24e74b37b0a503d1270e381..aaa88526291a26db55c7ebb0833faefda9c7e5a4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -37,31 +37,44 @@ OPTIONS
        leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as
        dangling.
 
+-A::
+       Same as `-a`, unless '-d' is used.  Then any unreachable
+       objects in a previous pack become loose, unpacked objects,
+       instead of being left in the old pack.  Unreachable objects
+       are never intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking.
+       This option prevents unreachable objects from being immediately
+       deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then
+       removed.  Instead, the loose unreachable objects
+       will be pruned according to normal expiry rules
+       with the next 'git-gc' invocation. See linkgit:git-gc[1].
+
 -d::
        After packing, if the newly created packs make some
        existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
-       Also runs linkgit:git-prune-packed[1].
+       Also run  'git-prune-packed' to remove redundant
+       loose object files.
 
 -l::
-        Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+       Pass the `--local` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See
        linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
 -f::
-        Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+       Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
        linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
 -q::
-        Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see
+       Pass the `-q` option to 'git-pack-objects'. See
        linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
 
 -n::
        Do not update the server information with
-       `git update-server-info`.  This option skips
+       'git-update-server-info'.  This option skips
        updating local catalog files needed to publish
        this repository (or a direct copy of it)
-       over HTTP or FTP.  See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1].
+       over HTTP or FTP.  See linkgit:git-update-server-info[1].
 
---window=[N], --depth=[N]::
+--window=[N]::
+--depth=[N]::
        These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are
        stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally
        sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ Configuration
 
 When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set
 for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset`
-option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly
+option to 'git-pack-objects'; this typically results in slightly
 smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with
 versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set
 the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to
@@ -110,11 +123,11 @@ Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
 
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
 linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite