From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Frank Lichtenheld Subject: Re: [PATCH] repack: improve documentation on -a option Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:15:51 +0200 Message-ID: <20070630111551.GR12721@planck.djpig.de> References: <1183193781941-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> <11831937813223-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Sam Vilain X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jun 30 13:16:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I4aw3-0000s8-7k for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:16:15 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754941AbXF3LQJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:16:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755345AbXF3LQI (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:16:08 -0400 Received: from planck.djpig.de ([85.10.192.180]:2966 "EHLO planck.djpig.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754900AbXF3LQH (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:16:07 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by planck.djpig.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D161A88105; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:16:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at planck.djpig.de Received: from planck.djpig.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (planck.djpig.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NcONRNDLcW2w; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:15:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: by planck.djpig.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E9540881B4; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:15:51 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11831937813223-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 08:56:12PM +1200, Sam Vilain wrote: > -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 Got "is" lost here intentionally? The change doesn't make sense to me. > + 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. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld www: http://www.djpig.de/