On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 4:59 AM Taylor Blau [off-list ref] wrote:

This series teaches both sub-commands to avoid any cruft pack(s),
preserving their metadata.

Maybe:

s/to avoid any cruft pack(s)/to avoid removing any cruft pack(s)/

or:

s/to avoid any cruft pack(s)/to avoid absorbing any cruft pack(s)/