unpack-objects desperately salvages objects from a corrupt pack

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-unpack-objects.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] <pack-file
+'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] <pack-file
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ OPTIONS
        The command usually shows percentage progress.  This
        flag suppresses it.
 
+-r::
+       When unpacking a corrupt packfile, the command dies at
+       the first corruption.  This flag tells it to keep going
+       and make the best effort to salvage as many objects as
+       possible.
+
 
 Author
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