Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.4.4-rc1
diff --git a/git-index-pack.html b/git-index-pack.html index aaff699..a92d4d8 100644 --- a/git-index-pack.html +++ b/git-index-pack.html
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ </div> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> -<p><em>git-index-pack</em> [-o <index-file>] <pack-file></p> +<p><em>git-index-pack</em> [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> +<em>git-index-pack</em> --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>]</p> </div> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> @@ -285,6 +286,14 @@ <div class="sectionbody"> <dl> <dt> +-v +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Be verbose about what is going on, including progress status. +</p> +</dd> +<dt> -o <index-file> </dt> <dd> @@ -297,8 +306,72 @@ with .pack). </p> </dd> +<dt> +--stdin +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin + instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If + <pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to + objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with + a default name determined from the pack content. If + <pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to + prevent a race condition between this process and + <a href=":git-repack.html">:git-repack(1)</a> . +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +--fix-thin +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + It is possible for <a href="git-pack-objects.html">git-pack-objects(1)</a> to build + "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on + objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic. + Those objects are expected to be present on the receiving end + and they must be included in the pack for that pack to be self + contained and indexable. Without this option any attempt to + index a thin pack will fail. This option only makes sense in + conjunction with --stdin. +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +--keep +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Before moving the index into its final destination + create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file. + This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a + simultaneous <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> process from deleting + the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be + updated to use objects contained in the pack. +</p> +</dd> +<dt> +--keep=<em>why</em> +</dt> +<dd> +<p> + Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into + its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file + place <em>why</em> followed by an LF into the .keep file. The <em>why</em> + message can later be searched for within all .keep files to + locate any which have outlived their usefulness. +</p> +</dd> </dl> </div> +<h2>Note</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<p>Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted +and the SHA1 hash of that list 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 <a href="git-repack.html">git-repack(1)</a> +mentioned above.</p> +</div> <h2>Author</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <p>Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru></p> @@ -313,7 +386,7 @@ </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 03-Oct-2006 08:41:08 UTC +Last updated 08-Nov-2006 01:33:28 UTC </div> </div> </body>
