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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index f8344e1..a9995a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] + [--cruft] [--cruft-expiration=<time>] [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>] [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < <object-list> @@ -95,6 +96,35 @@ base-name:: Incompatible with `--revs`, or options that imply `--revs` (such as `--all`), with the exception of `--unpacked`, which is compatible. +--cruft:: + Packs unreachable objects into a separate "cruft" pack, denoted + by the existence of a `.mtimes` file. Typically used by `git + repack --cruft`. Callers provide a list of pack names and + indicate which packs will remain in the repository, along with + which packs will be deleted (indicated by the `-` prefix). The + contents of the cruft pack are all objects not contained in the + surviving packs which have not exceeded the grace period (see + `--cruft-expiration` below), or which have exceeded the grace + period, but are reachable from an other object which hasn't. ++ +When the input lists a pack containing all reachable objects (and lists +all other packs as pending deletion), the corresponding cruft pack will +contain all unreachable objects (with mtime newer than the +`--cruft-expiration`) along with any unreachable objects whose mtime is +older than the `--cruft-expiration`, but are reachable from an +unreachable object whose mtime is newer than the `--cruft-expiration`). ++ +Incompatible with `--unpack-unreachable`, `--keep-unreachable`, +`--pack-loose-unreachable`, `--stdin-packs`, as well as any other +options which imply `--revs`. Also incompatible with `--max-pack-size`; +when this option is set, the maximum pack size is not inferred from +`pack.packSizeLimit`. + +--cruft-expiration=<approxidate>:: + If specified, objects are eliminated from the cruft pack if they + have an mtime older than `<approxidate>`. If unspecified (and + given `--cruft`), then no objects are eliminated. + --window=<n>:: --depth=<n>:: These two options affect how the objects contained in |