6 git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
7 objects into pack files.
12 'git-repack' [-a] [-d] [-l] [-n]
17 This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
18 reside in a "pack", into a pack.
20 A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
21 delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
22 associated index file.
24 Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup
25 engines, disk storage, etc.
31 Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
32 pack everything available into a single pack.
33 Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
34 for a private development and there no need to worry
35 about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
39 After packing, if the newly created packs make some
40 existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
43 Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see
44 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1].
47 Do not update the server information with
48 `git update-server-info`.
52 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
56 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
60 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
61 gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]
65 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite