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diff --git a/man1/git-repack.1 b/man1/git-repack.1 index 3918cde08..4791c8ad6 100644 --- a/man1/git-repack.1 +++ b/man1/git-repack.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: git-repack .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 2023-10-04 +.\" Date: 2023-10-10 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.42.0.325.g3a06386e31 +.\" Source: Git 2.42.0.345.gaab89be2eb .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GIT\-REPACK" "1" "2023\-10\-04" "Git 2\&.42\&.0\&.325\&.g3a0638" "Git Manual" +.TH "GIT\-REPACK" "1" "2023\-10\-10" "Git 2\&.42\&.0\&.345\&.gaab89b" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -186,6 +186,38 @@ is set\&. Note that this option may result in a larger and slower repository; se \fBpack\&.packSizeLimit\fR\&. .RE .PP +\-\-filter=<filter\-spec> +.RS 4 +Remove objects matching the filter specification from the resulting packfile and put them into a separate packfile\&. Note that objects used in the working directory are not filtered out\&. So for the split to fully work, it\(cqs best to perform it in a bare repo and to use the +\fB\-a\fR +and +\fB\-d\fR +options along with this option\&. Also +\fB\-\-no\-write\-bitmap\-index\fR +(or the +\fBrepack\&.writebitmaps\fR +config option set to +\fBfalse\fR) should be used otherwise writing bitmap index will fail, as it supposes a single packfile containing all the objects\&. See +\fBgit-rev-list\fR(1) +for valid +\fB<filter\-spec>\fR +forms\&. +.RE +.PP +\-\-filter\-to=<dir> +.RS 4 +Write the pack containing filtered out objects to the directory +\fB<dir>\fR\&. Only useful with +\fB\-\-filter\fR\&. This can be used for putting the pack on a separate object directory that is accessed through the Git alternates mechanism\&. +\fBWARNING:\fR +If the packfile containing the filtered out objects is not accessible, the repo can become corrupt as it might not be possible to access the objects in that packfile\&. See the +\fBobjects\fR +and +\fBobjects/info/alternates\fR +sections of +\fBgitrepository-layout\fR(5)\&. +.RE +.PP \-b, \-\-write\-bitmap\-index .RS 4 Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack\&. This only makes sense when used with |