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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: How to stop sharing objects between repositories
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:28:43 -0400
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:43:11AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> > If there's a better or built-in way to do this with Git tools, I'd like 
> > to learn it, and I'd be happy to update the wiki accordingly.
> 
> I think what you need is done by
> 
> 	git repack -l
> 
> (I agree it is not well documented, and I'd welcome a documentation 
> patch.)

I think it is the opposite; packing _without_ "-l" will create a pack
with objects from the alternate; using "-l" suppresses them. Running
"git repack -a" should do the trick, I believe (and you need the "-a" to
ensure that objects already packed in the repo are re-packed).

-Peff