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git-pack-objects(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
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[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress]
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[--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Reads list of objects from the standard input, and writes a packed
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archive with specified base-name, or to the standard output.
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A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer set of objects
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between two repositories, and also is an archival format which
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is efficient to access. The packed archive format (.pack) is
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designed to be unpackable without having anything else, but for
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random access, accompanied with the pack index file (.idx).
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Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or
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any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES)
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enables git to read from such an archive.
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'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and
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expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file
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one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull
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commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network
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transport by their peers.
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In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed
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whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is
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often called a delta.
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OPTIONS
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base-name::
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Write into a pair of files (.pack and .idx), using
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<base-name> to determine the name of the created file.
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When this option is used, the two files are written in
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<base-name>-<SHA1>.{pack,idx} files. <SHA1> is a hash
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of the sorted object names to make the resulting filename
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based on the pack content, and written to the standard
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output of the command.
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--stdout::
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Write the pack contents (what would have been written to
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.pack file) out to the standard output.
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--revs::
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Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of
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individual object names. The revision arguments are processed
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the same way as gitlink:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag
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uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
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outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed.
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--unpacked::
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This implies `--revs`. When processing the list of
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revision arguments read from the standard input, limit
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the objects packed to those that are not already packed.
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--all::
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This implies `--revs`. In addition to the list of
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revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend
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as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specified to be
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included.
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--window=[N], --depth=[N]::
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These two options affect how the objects contained in
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the pack are stored using delta compression. The
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objects are first internally sorted by type, size and
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optionally names and compared against the other objects
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within --window to see if using delta compression saves
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space. --depth limits the maximum delta depth; making
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it too deep affects the performance on the unpacker
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side, because delta data needs to be applied that many
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times to get to the necessary object.
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The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
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--window-memory=[N]::
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This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`;
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the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take
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up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in
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repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run
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out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take
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advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The
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size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g".
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`--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the
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default.
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--max-pack-size=<n>::
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Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB.
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If specified, multiple packfiles may be created.
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The default is unlimited.
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--incremental::
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This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored
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even if it appears in the standard input.
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--local::
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This flag is similar to `--incremental`; instead of
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ignoring all packed objects, it only ignores objects
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that are packed and not in the local object store
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(i.e. borrowed from an alternate).
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--non-empty::
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Only create a packed archive if it would contain at
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least one object.
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--progress::
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Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
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by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
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is specified. This flag forces progress status even if
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the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
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--all-progress::
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When --stdout is specified then progress report is
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displayed during the object count and deltification phases
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but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is
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that in some cases the output stream is directly linked
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to another command which may wish to display progress
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status of its own as it processes incoming pack data.
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This flag is like --progress except that it forces progress
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report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is
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used.
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-q::
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This flag makes the command not to report its progress
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on the standard error stream.
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--no-reuse-delta::
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When creating a packed archive in a repository that
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has existing packs, the command reuses existing deltas.
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This sometimes results in a slightly suboptimal pack.
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This flag tells the command not to reuse existing deltas
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but compute them from scratch.
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--no-reuse-object::
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This flag tells the command not to reuse existing object data at all,
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including non deltified object, forcing recompression of everything.
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This implies --no-reuse-delta. Useful only in the obscure case where
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wholesale enforcement of a different compression level on the
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packed data is desired.
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--compression=[N]::
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Specifies compression level for newly-compressed data in the
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generated pack. If not specified, pack compression level is
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determined first by pack.compression, then by core.compression,
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and defaults to -1, the zlib default, if neither is set.
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Add \--no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression
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level on all data no matter the source.
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--delta-base-offset::
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A packed archive can express base object of a delta as
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either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the
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stream, but older version of git does not understand the
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latter. By default, git-pack-objects only uses the
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former format for better compatibility. This option
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allows the command to use the latter format for
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compactness. Depending on the average delta chain
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length, this option typically shrinks the resulting
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packfile by 3-5 per-cent.
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--threads=<n>::
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Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
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delta matches. This requires that pack-objects be compiled with
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pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning.
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This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines.
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The required amount of memory for the delta search window is
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however multiplied by the number of threads.
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--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]::
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This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
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to force the version for the generated pack index, and to force
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64-bit index entries on objects located above the given offset.
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Documentation
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-------------
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano
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See Also
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--------
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gitlink:git-rev-list[1]
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gitlink:git-repack[1]
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gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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