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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-23 14:45:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-23 14:45:54 -0700 |
| commit | 33be82183d4cd6dc645f64da1402cf9a3f4cdbf3 (patch) | |
| tree | 4a681cad5c6da23a7d7f56022666fb31397026d2 /git-index-pack.txt | |
| parent | 359f02427091f2c0fcac4eb7651fe5d159b84a54 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-33be82183d4cd6dc645f64da1402cf9a3f4cdbf3.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.42.0-482-g2e8e7
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/git-index-pack.txt b/git-index-pack.txt index 4e71c256e..6486620c3 100644 --- a/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/git-index-pack.txt @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and -builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. Optionally writes a +Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, +builds a pack index file (.idx) for it, and optionally writes a reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The packed -archive together with the pack index can then be placed in +archive, together with the pack index, can then be placed in the objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository. @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ OPTIONS updated to use objects contained in the pack. --keep=<msg>:: - Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into - its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file + Like --keep, create a .keep file before moving the index into + its final destination. However, instead of creating an empty file place '<msg>' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '<msg>' message can later be searched for within all .keep files to locate any which have outlived their usefulness. |