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git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
SYNOPSIS
git-index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
git-index-pack --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
[<pack-file>]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and builds a
pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive together with the
pack index can then be placed in the objects/pack/ directory of a git
repository.
OPTIONS-v Be verbose about what is going on, including progress status.
-o <index-file>
Write the generated pack index into the specified file. Without
this option the name of pack index file is constructed from the
name of packed archive file by replacing .pack with .idx (and
the program fails if the name of packed archive does not end
with .pack).
--stdin
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
git-repack(1).
--fix-thin
It is possible for git-pack-objects(1) 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.
--keep 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
git-repack(1) process from deleting the newly constructed pack
and index before refs can be updated to use objects contained in
the pack.
--keep=why
Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into its
final destination, but rather than creating an empty file place
why followed by an LF into the .keep file. The why message can
later be searched for within all .keep files to locate any which
have outlived their usefulness.
--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]
This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows to
force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
--strict
Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links.
NOTE
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 git-repack(1) mentioned
above.
AUTHOR
Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Sergey Vlasov
GIT
Part of the git(7) suite
Git 1.5.5.2 10/21/2008 GIT-INDEX-PACK(1)