git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of objects into pack files.
git-repack [-a] [-d] [-l] [-n]
This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a "pack", into a 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.
Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, pack everything available into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used for a private development and there no need to worry about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use with -d.
After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
Pass the --local option to git pack-objects, see git-pack-objects(1).
Do not update the server information with git update-server-info.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
Part of the git(7) suite