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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index d2d8f47..c2f76fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
[--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
[--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--stdout | base-name]
- [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
+ [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ required objects and is thus unusable by Git without making it
self-contained. Use `git index-pack --fix-thin`
(see linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) to restore the self-contained property.
+--shallow::
+ Optimize a pack that will be provided to a client with a shallow
+ repository. This option, combined with \--thin, can result in a
+ smaller pack at the cost of speed.
+
--delta-base-offset::
A packed archive can express the base object of a delta as
either a 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 8cb6f92..2984f40 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of Git repositories.
--objects-edge-aggressive::
Similar to `--objects-edge`, but it tries harder to find excluded
- commits at the cost of increased time.
+ commits at the cost of increased time. This is used instead of
+ `--objects-edge` to build ``thin'' packs for shallow repositories.
--unpacked::
Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that are not