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From: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Subject: [PATCH] repack: improve documentation on -a option
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:56:12 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <11831937813223-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1183193781941-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>

Some minor enhancements to the git-repack manual page.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
---
 Documentation/git-repack.txt |   13 ++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index c33a512..be8e5f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
-reside in a "pack", into a pack.
+reside in a "pack", into a pack.  It can also be used to re-organise
+existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.
 
 A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
 delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
@@ -28,11 +29,13 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -a::
 	Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
-	pack everything available into a single pack.
+	pack everything referenced into a single pack.
 	Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
-	for private development and there is no need to worry
-	about people fetching via dumb file transfer protocols
-	from it.  Use with '-d'.
+	for private development and there no need to worry
+	about people fetching via dumb protocols from it.  Use
+	with '-d'.  This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
+	leaves behind, but `git fsck-objects --full` shows as
+	dangling.
 
 -d::
 	After packing, if the newly created packs make some
-- 
1.5.2.1.1131.g3b90

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-30  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-30  8:56 a bunch of outstanding updates Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56 ` Sam Vilain [this message]
2007-06-30  8:56   ` [PATCH] git-svn: use git-log rather than rev-list | xargs cat-file Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56     ` [PATCH] git-svn: cache max revision in rev_db databases Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56       ` [PATCH] GIT-VERSION-GEN: don't convert - delimiter to .'s Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56         ` [PATCH] git-remote: document -n Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56           ` [PATCH] git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch' Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56             ` [PATCH] git-merge-ff: fast-forward only merge Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56               ` [PATCH] git-mergetool: add support for ediff Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56                 ` [PATCH] contrib/hooks: add post-update hook for updating working copy Sam Vilain
2007-06-30  8:56                   ` [PATCH] git-repack: generational repacking (and example hook script) Sam Vilain
2007-07-03  3:36                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-07-03  4:58                       ` Sam Vilain
2007-07-03 14:45                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-07-03 14:55                           ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-07-04  0:05                           ` Sam Vilain
2007-07-04  1:01                             ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-04  6:16                               ` Sam Vilain
2007-07-04  7:02                                 ` Alex Riesen
2007-07-04 15:42                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-06-30 17:19                   ` [PATCH] contrib/hooks: add post-update hook for updating working copy Junio C Hamano
2007-07-01 22:30                     ` Sam Vilain
2007-07-02  1:10                       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-30 17:19                 ` [PATCH] git-mergetool: add support for ediff Junio C Hamano
2007-07-01 22:33                   ` Sam Vilain
2007-06-30 14:28               ` [PATCH] git-merge-ff: fast-forward only merge Johannes Schindelin
2007-06-30 18:32               ` Matthias Lederhofer
2007-06-30 17:19             ` [PATCH] git-remote: allow 'git-remote fetch' as a synonym for 'git fetch' Junio C Hamano
2007-06-30 11:12           ` [PATCH] git-remote: document -n Frank Lichtenheld
2007-06-30 17:19         ` [PATCH] GIT-VERSION-GEN: don't convert - delimiter to .'s Junio C Hamano
2007-07-11 10:49         ` Jakub Narebski
2007-07-01  3:50       ` [PATCH] git-svn: cache max revision in rev_db databases Junio C Hamano
2007-07-01  5:31         ` Eric Wong
2007-07-01  6:49           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-30 11:15   ` [PATCH] repack: improve documentation on -a option Frank Lichtenheld
2007-06-30 17:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-30 11:05 ` a bunch of outstanding updates Frank Lichtenheld

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