[PATCH] Documentation/git-repack.txt: document new -A behaviour
From: Chris Frey <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:37
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Add paragraph for the -A option, and describe the new behaviour that makes unreachable objects loose. Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <redacted> --- This is the second half of the split-up prune/repack documentation patch, as I see the prune patch was accepted. Thanks, - Chris Documentation/git-repack.txt | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 3d95749..906d3c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] +'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] DESCRIPTION -----------
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ OPTIONS leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as dangling. +-A:: + Same as `-a`, but any unreachable objects in a previous + pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being + left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never + intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. + When used with '-d', this option + prevents unreachable objects from being immediately + deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then + removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects + will be pruned according to normal expiry rules + with the next linkgit:git-gc[1]. + -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
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