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diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 1235416e0..2229ee86b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ OPTIONS locate any which have outlived their usefulness. +Note +---- + +Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted +and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was +also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a +new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a +.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with gitlink:git-repack[1] +mentioned above. + + Author ------ Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> |