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1 | git-repack(1) |
2 | ============= | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
c3f0baac | 6 | git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
bbefaa1f | 11 | 'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] |
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12 | |
13 | DESCRIPTION | |
14 | ----------- | |
e31bb3bb | 15 | |
f85a4191 | 16 | This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently |
02783075 | 17 | reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize |
38d697a1 | 18 | existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. |
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19 | |
20 | A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with | |
21 | delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an | |
22 | associated index file. | |
23 | ||
24 | Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup | |
25 | engines, disk storage, etc. | |
26 | ||
27 | OPTIONS | |
28 | ------- | |
29 | ||
30 | -a:: | |
31 | Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, | |
38d697a1 | 32 | pack everything referenced into a single pack. |
f85a4191 | 33 | Especially useful when packing a repository that is used |
b4f020c5 | 34 | for private development and there is no need to worry |
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35 | about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use |
36 | with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` | |
37 | leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as | |
38 | dangling. | |
f85a4191 | 39 | |
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40 | -A:: |
41 | Same as `-a`, but any unreachable objects in a previous | |
42 | pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being | |
43 | left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never | |
44 | intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. | |
45 | When used with '-d', this option | |
46 | prevents unreachable objects from being immediately | |
47 | deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then | |
48 | removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects | |
49 | will be pruned according to normal expiry rules | |
50 | with the next linkgit:git-gc[1]. | |
51 | ||
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52 | -d:: |
53 | After packing, if the newly created packs make some | |
54 | existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs. | |
5162e697 | 55 | Also runs linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]. |
e31bb3bb | 56 | |
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57 | -l:: |
58 | Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see | |
5162e697 | 59 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. |
31f23281 | 60 | |
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61 | -f:: |
62 | Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see | |
5162e697 | 63 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. |
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64 | |
65 | -q:: | |
66 | Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see | |
5162e697 | 67 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. |
cec2be76 | 68 | |
31f23281 | 69 | -n:: |
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70 | Do not update the server information with |
71 | `git update-server-info`. This option skips | |
72 | updating local catalog files needed to publish | |
73 | this repository (or a direct copy of it) | |
74 | over HTTP or FTP. See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1]. | |
e31bb3bb | 75 | |
02ac04fc | 76 | --window=[N], --depth=[N]:: |
3df19671 | 77 | These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are |
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78 | stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally |
79 | sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the | |
80 | other objects within `--window` to see if using delta compression saves | |
81 | space. `--depth` limits the maximum delta depth; making it too deep | |
82 | affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta data needs | |
83 | to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object. | |
618e613a | 84 | The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50. |
02ac04fc | 85 | |
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86 | --window-memory=[N]:: |
87 | This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`; | |
88 | the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take | |
89 | up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in | |
90 | repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run | |
91 | out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take | |
92 | advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The | |
93 | size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". | |
94 | `--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the | |
95 | default. | |
96 | ||
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97 | --max-pack-size=<n>:: |
98 | Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB. | |
99 | If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. | |
100 | The default is unlimited. | |
101 | ||
02ac04fc | 102 | |
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103 | Configuration |
104 | ------------- | |
105 | ||
106 | When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set | |
107 | for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset` | |
108 | option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly | |
109 | smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with | |
110 | versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set | |
111 | the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to | |
112 | be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can | |
113 | be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs | |
114 | that way can try to use older git with it). | |
115 | ||
116 | ||
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117 | Author |
118 | ------ | |
119 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
120 | ||
121 | Documentation | |
122 | -------------- | |
123 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | |
124 | ||
56ae8df5 | 125 | SEE ALSO |
e31bb3bb | 126 | -------- |
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127 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |
128 | linkgit:git-prune-packed[1] | |
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129 | |
130 | GIT | |
131 | --- | |
5162e697 | 132 | Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |