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Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]731asciidoc.install();
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736<div id="header">
737<h1>
738git-multi-pack-index(1) Manual Page
739</h1>
740<h2>NAME</h2>
741<div class="sectionbody">
742<p>git-multi-pack-index -
743 Write and verify multi-pack-indexes
744</p>
745</div>
746</div>
747<div id="content">
748<div class="sect1">
749<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
750<div class="sectionbody">
751<div class="verseblock">
Junio C Hamano05971eb2021-10-06 21:18:33[diff] [blame]752<pre class="content"><em>git multi-pack-index</em> [--object-dir=&lt;dir&gt;] [--[no-]bitmap] &lt;sub-command&gt;</pre>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]753<div class="attribution">
754</div></div>
755</div>
756</div>
757<div class="sect1">
758<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
759<div class="sectionbody">
760<div class="paragraph"><p>Write or verify a multi-pack-index (MIDX) file.</p></div>
761</div>
762</div>
763<div class="sect1">
764<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
765<div class="sectionbody">
766<div class="dlist"><dl>
767<dt class="hdlist1">
768--object-dir=&lt;dir&gt;
769</dt>
770<dd>
771<p>
772 Use given directory for the location of Git objects. We check
773 <code>&lt;dir&gt;/packs/multi-pack-index</code> for the current MIDX file, and
774 <code>&lt;dir&gt;/packs</code> for the pack-files to index.
775</p>
Junio C Hamanode44de32021-09-20 22:46:08[diff] [blame]776<div class="paragraph"><p><code>&lt;dir&gt;</code> must be an alternate of the current repository.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]777</dd>
Junio C Hamano8ac8a3d2019-11-11 04:33:46[diff] [blame]778<dt class="hdlist1">
779--[no-]progress
780</dt>
781<dd>
782<p>
783 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is
Junio C Hamano05971eb2021-10-06 21:18:33[diff] [blame]784 shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. Supported by
785 sub-commands <code>write</code>, <code>verify</code>, <code>expire</code>, and `repack.
Junio C Hamano8ac8a3d2019-11-11 04:33:46[diff] [blame]786</p>
787</dd>
Junio C Hamanoa42e0332019-07-19 19:49:37[diff] [blame]788</dl></div>
789<div class="paragraph"><p>The following subcommands are available:</p></div>
790<div class="dlist"><dl>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]791<dt class="hdlist1">
792write
793</dt>
794<dd>
795<p>
Junio C Hamanoddc69f12021-04-08 21:50:11[diff] [blame]796 Write a new MIDX file. The following options are available for
797 the <code>write</code> sub-command:
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]798</p>
Junio C Hamanoddc69f12021-04-08 21:50:11[diff] [blame]799<div class="openblock">
800<div class="content">
801<div class="dlist"><dl>
802<dt class="hdlist1">
803--preferred-pack=&lt;pack&gt;
804</dt>
805<dd>
806<p>
807 Optionally specify the tie-breaking pack used when
Junio C Hamanode44de32021-09-20 22:46:08[diff] [blame]808 multiple packs contain the same object. <code>&lt;pack&gt;</code> must
809 contain at least one object. If not given, ties are
810 broken in favor of the pack with the lowest mtime.
811</p>
812</dd>
813<dt class="hdlist1">
814--[no-]bitmap
815</dt>
816<dd>
817<p>
818 Control whether or not a multi-pack bitmap is written.
Junio C Hamanoddc69f12021-04-08 21:50:11[diff] [blame]819</p>
820</dd>
Junio C Hamano59646272021-10-19 00:02:08[diff] [blame]821<dt class="hdlist1">
822--stdin-packs
823</dt>
824<dd>
825<p>
826 Write a multi-pack index containing only the set of
827 line-delimited pack index basenames provided over stdin.
828</p>
829</dd>
830<dt class="hdlist1">
831--refs-snapshot=&lt;path&gt;
832</dt>
833<dd>
834<p>
835 With <code>--bitmap</code>, optionally specify a file which
836 contains a "refs snapshot" taken prior to repacking.
837</p>
838<div class="paragraph"><p>A reference snapshot is composed of line-delimited OIDs corresponding to
839the reference tips, usually taken by <code>git repack</code> prior to generating a
840new pack. A line may optionally start with a <code>+</code> character to indicate
841that the reference which corresponds to that OID is "preferred" (see
842<a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>'s <code>pack.preferBitmapTips</code>.)</p></div>
843<div class="paragraph"><p>The file given at <code>&lt;path&gt;</code> is expected to be readable, and can contain
844duplicates. (If a given OID is given more than once, it is marked as
845preferred if at least one instance of it begins with the special <code>+</code>
846marker).</p></div>
847</dd>
Junio C Hamanoddc69f12021-04-08 21:50:11[diff] [blame]848</dl></div>
849</div></div>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]850</dd>
Junio C Hamano6811c062018-10-10 03:51:25[diff] [blame]851<dt class="hdlist1">
852verify
853</dt>
854<dd>
855<p>
Junio C Hamanoa42e0332019-07-19 19:49:37[diff] [blame]856 Verify the contents of the MIDX file.
857</p>
858</dd>
859<dt class="hdlist1">
860expire
861</dt>
862<dd>
863<p>
Junio C Hamano53cd02b2022-10-10 21:42:31[diff] [blame]864 Delete the pack-files that are tracked by the MIDX file, but
865 have no objects referenced by the MIDX (with the exception of
866 <code>.keep</code> packs and cruft packs). Rewrite the MIDX file afterward
867 to remove all references to these pack-files.
Junio C Hamanoa42e0332019-07-19 19:49:37[diff] [blame]868</p>
869</dd>
870<dt class="hdlist1">
871repack
872</dt>
873<dd>
874<p>
875 Create a new pack-file containing objects in small pack-files
876 referenced by the multi-pack-index. If the size given by the
877 <code>--batch-size=&lt;size&gt;</code> argument is zero, then create a pack
878 containing all objects referenced by the multi-pack-index. For
879 a non-zero batch size, Select the pack-files by examining packs
880 from oldest-to-newest, computing the "expected size" by counting
881 the number of objects in the pack referenced by the
882 multi-pack-index, then divide by the total number of objects in
883 the pack and multiply by the pack size. We select packs with
884 expected size below the batch size until the set of packs have
Junio C Hamano48d7a8a2020-08-24 22:56:56[diff] [blame]885 total expected size at least the batch size, or all pack-files
886 are considered. If only one pack-file is selected, then do
887 nothing. If a new pack-file is created, rewrite the
888 multi-pack-index to reference the new pack-file. A later run of
889 <em>git multi-pack-index expire</em> will delete the pack-files that
890 were part of this batch.
Junio C Hamano6811c062018-10-10 03:51:25[diff] [blame]891</p>
Junio C Hamano306e7632020-05-14 23:03:19[diff] [blame]892<div class="paragraph"><p>If <code>repack.packKeptObjects</code> is <code>false</code>, then any pack-files with an
893associated <code>.keep</code> file will not be selected for the batch to repack.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano6811c062018-10-10 03:51:25[diff] [blame]894</dd>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]895</dl></div>
896</div>
897</div>
898<div class="sect1">
899<h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
900<div class="sectionbody">
901<div class="ulist"><ul>
902<li>
903<p>
Junio C Hamano19dcd3f2021-10-29 23:20:47[diff] [blame]904Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current <code>.git</code> directory.
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]905</p>
906<div class="listingblock">
907<div class="content">
908<pre><code>$ git multi-pack-index write</code></pre>
909</div></div>
910</li>
911<li>
912<p>
Junio C Hamano19dcd3f2021-10-29 23:20:47[diff] [blame]913Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current <code>.git</code> directory with a
Junio C Hamanode44de32021-09-20 22:46:08[diff] [blame]914corresponding bitmap.
915</p>
916<div class="listingblock">
917<div class="content">
918<pre><code>$ git multi-pack-index write --preferred-pack=&lt;pack&gt; --bitmap</code></pre>
919</div></div>
920</li>
921<li>
922<p>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]923Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in an alternate object store.
924</p>
925<div class="listingblock">
926<div class="content">
927<pre><code>$ git multi-pack-index --object-dir &lt;alt&gt; write</code></pre>
928</div></div>
929</li>
Junio C Hamano6811c062018-10-10 03:51:25[diff] [blame]930<li>
931<p>
Junio C Hamano19dcd3f2021-10-29 23:20:47[diff] [blame]932Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current <code>.git</code> directory.
Junio C Hamano6811c062018-10-10 03:51:25[diff] [blame]933</p>
934<div class="listingblock">
935<div class="content">
936<pre><code>$ git multi-pack-index verify</code></pre>
937</div></div>
938</li>
Junio C Hamano980e61e2018-09-17 22:45:52[diff] [blame]939</ul></div>
940</div>
941</div>
942<div class="sect1">
943<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
944<div class="sectionbody">
945<div class="paragraph"><p>See <a href="technical/multi-pack-index.html">The Multi-Pack-Index Design
Junio C Hamano04495a12022-08-18 21:13:08[diff] [blame]946Document</a> and <a href="gitformat-pack.html">gitformat-pack(5)</a> for more information on the
947multi-pack-index feature and its file format.</p></div>
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949</div>
950<div class="sect1">
951<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
952<div class="sectionbody">
953<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
954</div>
955</div>
956</div>
957<div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
958<div id="footer">
959<div id="footer-text">
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