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diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 9316d9a..5a20dee 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. +Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, +builds a pack index file (.idx) for it, and 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 @@ -60,8 +68,8 @@ OPTIONS updated to use objects contained in the pack. --keep=<msg>:: - Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into - its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file + Like --keep, create a .keep file before moving the index into + its final destination. However, instead of creating an empty file place '<msg>' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '<msg>' message can later be searched for within all .keep files to locate any which have outlived their usefulness. @@ -71,14 +79,35 @@ OPTIONS to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force 64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset. ---strict:: - Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links. +--strict[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]:: + Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links. An optional + comma-separated list of `<msg-id>=<severity>` can be passed to change + the severity of some possible issues, e.g., + `--strict="missingEmail=ignore,badTagName=error"`. See the entry for the + `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration options in linkgit:git-fsck[1] for more + information on the possible values of `<msg-id>` and `<severity>`. + +--progress-title:: + For internal use only. ++ +Set the title of the progress bar. The title is "Receiving objects" by +default and "Indexing objects" when `--stdin` is specified. --check-self-contained-and-connected:: Die if the pack contains broken links. For internal use only. ---fsck-objects:: - Die if the pack contains broken objects. For internal use only. +--fsck-objects[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]:: + Die if the pack contains broken objects, but unlike `--strict`, don't + choke on broken links. If the pack contains a tree pointing to a + .gitmodules blob that does not exist, prints the hash of that blob + (for the caller to check) after the hash that goes into the name of the + pack/idx file (see "Notes"). ++ +An optional comma-separated list of `<msg-id>=<severity>` can be passed to +change the severity of some possible issues, e.g., +`--fsck-objects="missingEmail=ignore,badTagName=ignore"`. See the entry for the +`fsck.<msg-id>` configuration options in linkgit:git-fsck[1] for more +information on the possible values of `<msg-id>` and `<severity>`. --threads=<n>:: Specifies the number of threads to spawn when resolving @@ -100,12 +129,22 @@ OPTIONS value is set or outside a repository. + This option cannot be used with --stdin. ++ +include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[] + +--promisor[=<message>]:: + Before committing the pack-index, create a .promisor file for this + pack. Particularly helpful when writing a promisor pack with --fix-thin + since the name of the pack is not final until the pack has been fully + written. If a `<message>` is provided, then that content will be + written to the .promisor file for future reference. See + link:technical/partial-clone.html[partial clone] for more information. NOTES ----- -Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted -and the SHA-1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was +Once the index has been created, the hash that goes into the name of +the pack/idx file is printed to stdout. If --stdin was also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a .keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack' |