git-repack-script(1) ===================== v0.1, August 2005 NAME ---- git-repack-script - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of objects into pack files. SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-repack-script' DESCRIPTION ----------- This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a "pack", into a pack. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by Ryan Anderson See-Also -------- git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1) GIT --- Part of the link:git.html[git] suite