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Subject: Re: [PATCH] repack: improve documentation on -a option
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:19:36 -0700
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> writes:

> 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.

Also 'fsck-objects' is somewhat outdated.  Will fix them up.