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@@ -331,23 +331,24 @@ git-pack-objects(1) Manual Page
 <div class="sectionbody">

 <div class="para"><p>Reads list of objects from the standard input, and writes a packed

 archive with specified base-name, or to the standard output.</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer set of objects

-between two repositories, and also is an archival format which

-is efficient to access.  The packed archive format (.pack) is

-designed to be self contained so that it can be unpacked without

-any further information, but for fast, random access to the objects

-in the pack, a pack index file (.idx) will be generated.</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or

+<div class="para"><p>A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer a set of objects

+between two repositories as well as an access efficient archival

+format.  In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a

+compressed whole or as a difference from some other object.

+The latter is often called a delta.</p></div>

+<div class="para"><p>The packed archive format (.pack) is designed to be self-contained

+so that it can be unpacked without any further information. Therefore,

+each object that a delta depends upon must be present within the pack.</p></div>

+<div class="para"><p>A pack index file (.idx) is generated for fast, random access to the

+objects in the pack. Placing both the index file (.idx) and the packed

+archive (.pack) in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or

 any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)

-enables git to read from such an archive.</p></div>

+enables git to read from the pack archive.</p></div>

 <div class="para"><p>The <em>git unpack-objects</em> command can read the packed archive and

 expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file

 one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull

 commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network

 transport by their peers.</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed

-whole, or as a difference from some other object.  The latter is

-often called a delta.</p></div>

 </div>

 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ base-name
 <p>

         This implies <tt>--revs</tt>.  In addition to the list of

         revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend

-        as if all refs under <tt>$GIT_DIR/refs</tt> are specified to be

+        as if all refs under <tt>refs/</tt> are specified to be

         included.

 </p>

 </dd>

@@ -589,6 +590,20 @@ base-name
 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

+--thin

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        Create a "thin" pack by omitting the common objects between a

+        sender and a receiver in order to reduce network transfer. This

+        option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdout.

+</p>

+<div class="para"><p>Note: A thin pack violates the packed archive format by omitting

+required objects and is thus unusable by git without making it

+self-contained. Use <tt>git index-pack --fix-thin</tt>

+(see <a href="git-index-pack.html">git-index-pack(1)</a>) to restore the self-contained property.</p></div>

+</dd>

+<dt>

 --delta-base-offset

 </dt>

 <dd>

@@ -660,7 +675,7 @@ base-name
 </div>

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-Last updated 2010-02-13 00:59:50 UTC

+Last updated 2010-02-19 09:57:45 UTC

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