X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-index-pack.txt;h=909687fed4269d8ad2e02b90d5a1f56fbcfde40e;hb=716b64a73e65d7494dfb37631292fcbe8cb34cc0;hp=65a301becefb837b74bffa2d2dd11d51e229a06a;hpb=71ee7fd15457a0252c089420b5b66de266dcbd2f;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 65a301bec..909687fed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -46,14 +46,10 @@ OPTIONS 'git repack'. --fix-thin:: - It is possible for 'git pack-objects' 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 - conjunction with --stdin. + Fix a "thin" pack produced by `git pack-objects --thin` (see + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for details) by adding the + excluded objects the deltified objects are based on to the + pack. This option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdin. --keep:: Before moving the index into its final destination @@ -63,10 +59,10 @@ OPTIONS the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be updated to use objects contained in the pack. ---keep='why':: +--keep=:: Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file - place 'why' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The 'why' + place '' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '' message can later be searched for within all .keep files to locate any which have outlived their usefulness. @@ -89,15 +85,6 @@ new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a .keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack' mentioned above. - -Author ------- -Written by Sergey Vlasov - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Sergey Vlasov - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite