X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-repack.txt;h=38ac60947bc6c4cbfc8aae70a92f9163fefed442;hb=fa6200fc02ad79124322b97fc26f79467789838f;hp=906d3c7054a3481ac84478a15dfb2ce3384dcf33;hpb=bbefaa1f38a47e06c32612edc2f64a0168cc40b2;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 906d3c705..38ac60947 100644 --- 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] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] +'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -47,30 +47,35 @@ OPTIONS 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 linkgit:git-gc[1]. + 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-delta` 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`. - ---window=[N], --depth=[N]:: + Do not update the server information with + '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 linkgit:git-update-server-info[1]. + +--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 @@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ 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 @@ -119,11 +124,11 @@ Documentation -------------- Documentation by Ryan Anderson -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