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| author | Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> | 2021-01-25 23:37:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-01-26 02:32:43 (GMT) |
| commit | e37d0b8730b67b83c3a7cc20ed3a45cf7f0aa7ed (patch) | |
| tree | 1fef4cdde782e62212d3d7ed94855bfa676f1894 /Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | |
| parent | 84d544943c27a1540826730b6a8f588200c65fe6 (diff) | |
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builtin/index-pack.c: write reverse indexes
Teach 'git index-pack' to optionally write and verify reverse index with
'--[no-]rev-index', as well as respecting the 'pack.writeReverseIndex'
configuration option.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-index-pack.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index af0c262..69ba904 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> +'git index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] [--[no-]rev-index] <pack-file> 'git index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] - [<pack-file>] + [--[no-]rev-index] [<pack-file>] DESCRIPTION ----------- Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and -builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive -together with the pack index can then be placed in the -objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository. +builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. Optionally writes a +reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The packed +archive together with the pack index can then be placed in +the objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository. OPTIONS @@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ OPTIONS fails if the name of packed archive does not end with .pack). +--[no-]rev-index:: + When this flag is provided, generate a reverse index + (a `.rev` file) corresponding to the given pack. If + `--verify` is given, ensure that the existing + reverse index is correct. Takes precedence over + `pack.writeReverseIndex`. + --stdin:: When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If |