man git-repack (Commandes) - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of objects into pack files.

NAME

git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of objects into pack files.

SYNOPSIS

git-repack [-a] [-d] [-l] [-n]

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.

OPTIONS

-a
Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, pack everything available into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used for a private development and there no need to worry about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use with -d.
-d
After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
-l
Pass the --local option to git pack-objects, see git-pack-objects(1).
-n
Do not update the server information with git update-server-info.

AUTHOR

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>

SEE-ALSO

GIT

Part of the git(7) suite