X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-repack.txt;h=d39abc126dec70108625af13d11541b771c8e85d;hb=bdd69c2f64d303f99b0f530263c3c04d329c2227;hp=d2eaa0995ded915f89d436e4501c5ae667822642;hpb=3df196716eb89e752c96cf252d5c712387a7c112;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index d2eaa0995..d39abc126 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ git-repack(1) NAME ---- -git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of -objects into pack files. +git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS @@ -31,9 +30,9 @@ OPTIONS Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, pack everything available into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used - for a private development and there no need to worry - about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use - with '-d'. + for private development and there is no need to worry + about people fetching via dumb file transfer protocols + from it. Use with '-d'. -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some @@ -67,6 +66,20 @@ OPTIONS The default value for both --window and --depth is 10. +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 +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 +be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can +be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs +that way can try to use older git with it). + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds