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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-29 13:44:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-29 13:44:54 -0800 |
| commit | 01cff2d2ca77dc050973e1fc4702119a715cc919 (patch) | |
| tree | 794f24dc8da73f5e976a10469d313cb96b59ff28 /Documentation | |
| parent | ce8590748b918687abc4c7cd2d432dd23f07ae40 (diff) | |
| parent | b89c4e93cc1939493c2bb9b6c3f60eabaf653eff (diff) | |
| download | git-01cff2d2ca77dc050973e1fc4702119a715cc919.tar.gz git-01cff2d2ca77dc050973e1fc4702119a715cc919.tar.xz | |
Merge early part of branch 'np/index-pack' into sp/keep-pack
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | 23 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 71ce55727..9fa4847d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-index-pack' [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> +'git-index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> +'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>] DESCRIPTION @@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ objects/pack/ directory of a git repository. OPTIONS ------- +-v:: + Be verbose about what is going on, including progress status. + -o <index-file>:: Write the generated pack index into the specified file. Without this option the name of pack index @@ -29,6 +33,23 @@ OPTIONS fails if the name of packed archive does not end with .pack). +--stdin:: + When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin + instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If + <pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to + objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with + a default name determined from the pack content. + +--fix-thin:: + It is possible for gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] 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 + conjonction with --stdin. + Author ------ |