immediately instead of waiting for the next `git gc` invocation.
Only useful with `--cruft -d`.
+--max-cruft-size=<n>::
+ Repack cruft objects into packs as large as `<n>` bytes before
+ creating new packs. As long as there are enough cruft packs
+ smaller than `<n>`, repacking will cause a new cruft pack to
+ be created containing objects from any combined cruft packs,
+ along with any new unreachable objects. Cruft packs larger than
+ `<n>` will not be modified. When the new cruft pack is larger
+ than `<n>` bytes, it will be split into multiple packs, all of
+ which are guaranteed to be at most `<n>` bytes in size. Only
+ useful with `--cruft -d`.
+
--expire-to=<dir>::
Write a cruft pack containing pruned objects (if any) to the
directory `<dir>`. This option is useful for keeping a copy of
a larger and slower repository; see the discussion in
`pack.packSizeLimit`.
+--filter=<filter-spec>::
+ 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's best to perform it
+ in a bare repo and to use the `-a` and `-d` options along with
+ this option. Also `--no-write-bitmap-index` (or the
+ `repack.writebitmaps` config option set to `false`) should be
+ used otherwise writing bitmap index will fail, as it supposes
+ a single packfile containing all the objects. See
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for valid `<filter-spec>` forms.
+
+--filter-to=<dir>::
+ Write the pack containing filtered out objects to the
+ directory `<dir>`. Only useful with `--filter`. This can be
+ used for putting the pack on a separate object directory that
+ is accessed through the Git alternates mechanism. **WARNING:**
+ 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
+ `objects` and `objects/info/alternates` sections of
+ linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+
-b::
--write-bitmap-index::
Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack. This
Exclude the given pack from repacking. This is the equivalent
of having `.keep` file on the pack. `<pack-name>` is the
pack file name without leading directory (e.g. `pack-123.pack`).
- The option could be specified multiple times to keep multiple
+ The option can be specified multiple times to keep multiple
packs.
--unpack-unreachable=<when>::
Pass the `--delta-islands` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
- -g=<factor>::
+ -g<factor>::
--geometric=<factor>::
Arrange resulting pack structure so that each successive pack
contains at least `<factor>` times the number of objects as the
packs determined to need to be combined in order to restore a geometric
progression.
+
- When `--unpacked` is specified, loose objects are implicitly included in
- this "roll-up", without respect to their reachability. This is subject
- to change in the future. This option (implying a drastically different
- repack mode) is not guaranteed to work with all other combinations of
- options to `git repack`.
+ Loose objects are implicitly included in this "roll-up", without respect to
+ their reachability. This is subject to change in the future.
+
When writing a multi-pack bitmap, `git repack` selects the largest resulting
pack as the preferred pack for object selection by the MIDX (see