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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index ee7034b..13c3eb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -9,7 +9,21 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] ( --all | <pack-filename>... ) +'git pack-redundant' [--verbose] [--alt-odb] (--all | <pack-filename>...) + +WARNING +------- +`git pack-redundant` has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal in +a future version of Git. Because it can only remove entire duplicate +packs and not individual duplicate objects, it is generally not a useful +tool for reducing repository size. You are better off using `git gc` to +do so, which will put objects into a new pack, removing duplicates. + +Running `pack-redundant` without the `--i-still-use-this` flag will fail +in this release. If you believe you have a use case for which +`pack-redundant` is better suited and oppose this removal, please +contact the Git mailing list at git@vger.kernel.org. More information +about the list is available at https://git-scm.com/community. DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -34,7 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS --alt-odb:: Don't require objects present in packs from alternate object - directories to be present in local packs. + database (odb) directories to be present in local packs. --verbose:: Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty. |