Merge branch 'fix'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-pack-redundant.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index 55c0d48..8fb0659 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-pack-redundant(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
 
 NAME
 ----

-git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files.
+git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files

 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

-'git-pack-redundant [ -v ] < -a | .pack filename ... >'
+'git-pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >

 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------


@@ -16,26 +16,37 @@ This program computes which packs in your repository
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 

+git-pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects
+given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the 
+following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable
+objects.
+
+git-fsck-objects --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \
+git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
+

 OPTIONS
 -------
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 

--v::
-       Verbose. Outputs some statistics to stderr.
-       Has a small performance penalty.

 
 

--a::
-       All. Processes all the local packs. Any filenames on
-       the commandline are ignored.
+--all::
+       Processes all packs. Any filenames on the commandline are ignored.
+
+--alt-odb::
+       Don't require objects present in packs from alternate object
+       directories to be present in local packs.
+
+--verbose::
+       Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.

 
 Author
 ------
 
 Author
 ------

-Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>

 
 Documentation
 --------------
 
 Documentation
 --------------

-Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>

 
 

-See-Also
+See Also

 --------
 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
 gitlink:git-repack[1]
 --------
 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
 gitlink:git-repack[1]