Nelson Elhage [off-list ref] writes:
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index f54d433..d8e5686 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -117,14 +117,13 @@ base-name::
...
--local::
- This flag is similar to `--incremental`; instead of
- ignoring all packed objects, it only ignores objects
- that are packed and/or not in the local object store
- (i.e. borrowed from an alternate).
+ This flag causes an object that is borrowed from an alternate
+ object store to be ignored even if it appears in the standard
+ input.
Thanks. Comments from "packing" experts?