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GIT-INDEX-PACK(1)		  Git Manual		     GIT-INDEX-PACK(1)

NAME
       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)
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