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GIT-REPACK(1)			  Git Manual			 GIT-REPACK(1)

NAME
       git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository

SYNOPSIS
       git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]

DESCRIPTION
       This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside
       in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize existing
       packs into a single, more efficient 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 referenced into a single pack. Especially useful when
	   packing a repository that is used for private development. Use with
	   -d. This will clean up the objects that git prune leaves behind,
	   but git fsck --full --dangling shows as dangling.

	   Note that users fetching over dumb protocols will have to fetch the
	   whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how
	   many other objects in that pack they already have locally.

       -A
	   Same as -a, unless -d is used. Then any unreachable objects in a
	   previous pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being left
	   in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never intentionally added
	   to a pack, even when repacking. This option prevents unreachable
	   objects from being immediately deleted by way of being left in the
	   old pack and then removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects
	   will be pruned according to normal expiry rules with the next git
	   gc invocation. See git-gc(1).

       -d
	   After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs
	   redundant, remove the redundant packs. Also run git prune-packed to
	   remove redundant loose object files.

       -l
	   Pass the --local option to git pack-objects. See git-pack-
	   objects(1).

       -f
	   Pass the --no-reuse-delta option to git-pack-objects, see git-pack-
	   objects(1).

       -F
	   Pass the --no-reuse-object option to git-pack-objects, see git-
	   pack-objects(1).

       -q
	   Pass the -q option to git pack-objects. See git-pack-objects(1).

       -n
	   Do not update the server information with git update-server-info.
	   This option skips updating local catalog files needed to publish
	   this repository (or a direct copy of it) over HTTP or FTP. See git-
	   update-server-info(1).

       --window=<n>, --depth=<n>
	   These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are
	   stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally
	   sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the
	   other objects within --window to see if using delta compression
	   saves space.	 --depth limits the maximum delta depth; making it too
	   deep affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta
	   data needs to be applied that many times to get to the necessary
	   object. The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.

       --window-memory=<n>
	   This option provides an additional limit on top of --window; the
	   window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take up more
	   than <n> bytes in memory. This is useful in repositories with a mix
	   of large and small objects to not run out of memory with a large
	   window, but still be able to take advantage of the large window for
	   the smaller objects. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or
	   "g".	 --window-memory=0 makes memory usage unlimited, which is the
	   default.

       --max-pack-size=<n>
	   Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed
	   with "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1
	   MiB. If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. The default
	   is unlimited, unless the config variable pack.packSizeLimit is set.

CONFIGURATION
       By default, the command passes --delta-base-offset option to git
       pack-objects; this typically results in slightly smaller packs, but the
       generated packs are incompatible with versions of Git older than
       version 1.4.4. If you need to share your repository with such ancient
       Git versions, either directly or via the dumb http or rsync protocol,
       then you need to set the configuration variable
       repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset to "false" and repack. Access from old Git
       versions over the native protocol is unaffected by this option as the
       conversion is performed on the fly as needed in that case.

SEE ALSO
       git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.8.1.4			  02/22/2013			 GIT-REPACK(1)
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