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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-08-15 15:48:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-08-15 15:48:47 -0700 |
| commit | e31bb3bb939a8feb7af472c55d95f41a90bbc438 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e3c0d639cd609b8428f192519e514eff0c6c491 /Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt | |
| parent | b0c6f8d767387d39058648b4e3a04518350f789c (diff) | |
| download | git-e31bb3bb939a8feb7af472c55d95f41a90bbc438.tar.gz git-e31bb3bb939a8feb7af472c55d95f41a90bbc438.tar.xz | |
[PATCH] Add documentation for git repack and git-prune-packed.
[jc: the patch forgot to update the main git.txt documentation,
making all these new documentation practically no-op, so I added
a minimum attempt linking them from there.]
Signed-off-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..893c1df55 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +git-prune-packed(1) +===================== +v0.1, August 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now +residing in a pack file. + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-prune-packed' + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in +a pack file as well as the independent object directories. + +All such extra objects are removed. + +A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta +compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. + +Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> + +See-Also +-------- +git-pack-objects(1) git-repack-script(1) + +GIT +--- +Part of the link:git.html[git] suite + |