Documentation/git-index-pack.txt

   1 git-index-pack(1)
   2 =================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-index-pack' [-o <index-file>] { <pack-file> | --stdin [<pack-file>] }
  12
  13
  14 DESCRIPTION
  15 -----------
  16 Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and
  17 builds a pack index file (.idx) for it.  The packed archive
  18 together with the pack index can then be placed in the
  19 objects/pack/ directory of a git repository.
  20
  21
  22 OPTIONS
  23 -------
  24 -o <index-file>::
  25         Write the generated pack index into the specified
  26         file.  Without this option the name of pack index
  27         file is constructed from the name of packed archive
  28         file by replacing .pack with .idx (and the program
  29         fails if the name of packed archive does not end
  30         with .pack).
  31
  32 --stdin::
  33         When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin
  34         instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If
  35         <pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to
  36         objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with
  37         a default name determined from the pack content.
  38
  39 Author
  40 ------
  41 Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
  42
  43 Documentation
  44 -------------
  45 Documentation by Sergey Vlasov
  46
  47 GIT
  48 ---
  49 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  50