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| author | Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> | 2010-02-18 01:10:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-02-18 17:13:18 -0800 |
| commit | 738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 718179c8b15a91d859174d63f4a8d236963da082 /Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt | |
| parent | cc1b8d8bc6e453b96798574d67ce9590eb3e82e1 (diff) | |
| download | git-738820a913d05427b6c86d227aafd2bac7cd38d1.tar.gz | |
Documentation: describe --thin more accurately
The description for --thin was misleading and downright wrong. Correct
it with some inspiration from the description of index-pack's --fix-thin
and some background information from Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 97ea7973a0..4a8487c154 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ OPTIONS locked against repacking. --thin:: - Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent. - Use it on slower connection. + Fetch a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based + on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic. --include-tag:: If the remote side supports it, annotated tags objects will |