6 git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
12 'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
17 This command is used to combine all objects that do not currently
18 reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize
19 existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.
21 A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
22 delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
23 associated index file.
25 Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup
26 engines, disk storage, etc.
32 Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
33 pack everything referenced into a single pack.
34 Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
35 for private development. Use
36 with `-d`. This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
37 leaves behind, but `git fsck --full --dangling` shows as
40 Note that users fetching over dumb protocols will have to fetch the
41 whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how many
42 other objects in that pack they already have locally.
45 Same as `-a`, unless `-d` is used. Then any unreachable
46 objects in a previous pack become loose, unpacked objects,
47 instead of being left in the old pack. Unreachable objects
48 are never intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking.
49 This option prevents unreachable objects from being immediately
50 deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then
51 removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects
52 will be pruned according to normal expiry rules
53 with the next 'git gc' invocation. See linkgit:git-gc[1].
56 After packing, if the newly created packs make some
57 existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
58 Also run 'git prune-packed' to remove redundant
62 Pass the `--local` option to 'git pack-objects'. See
63 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
66 Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
67 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
70 Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
71 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
74 Pass the `-q` option to 'git pack-objects'. See
75 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
78 Do not update the server information with
79 'git update-server-info'. This option skips
80 updating local catalog files needed to publish
81 this repository (or a direct copy of it)
82 over HTTP or FTP. See linkgit:git-update-server-info[1].
86 These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are
87 stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally
88 sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the
89 other objects within `--window` to see if using delta compression saves
90 space. `--depth` limits the maximum delta depth; making it too deep
91 affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta data needs
92 to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object.
94 The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50. The maximum
98 This option is passed through to `git pack-objects`.
100 --window-memory=<n>::
101 This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`;
102 the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take
103 up more than '<n>' bytes in memory. This is useful in
104 repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run
105 out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take
106 advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The
107 size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g".
108 `--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited. The default
109 is taken from the `pack.windowMemory` configuration variable.
110 Note that the actual memory usage will be the limit multiplied
111 by the number of threads used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
113 --max-pack-size=<n>::
114 Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with
115 "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
116 If specified, multiple packfiles may be created, which also
117 prevents the creation of a bitmap index.
118 The default is unlimited, unless the config variable
119 `pack.packSizeLimit` is set.
122 --write-bitmap-index::
123 Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack. This
124 only makes sense when used with `-a` or `-A`, as the bitmaps
125 must be able to refer to all reachable objects. This option
126 overrides the setting of `repack.writeBitmaps`. This option
127 has no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
129 --pack-kept-objects::
130 Include objects in `.keep` files when repacking. Note that we
131 still do not delete `.keep` packs after `pack-objects` finishes.
132 This means that we may duplicate objects, but this makes the
133 option safe to use when there are concurrent pushes or fetches.
134 This option is generally only useful if you are writing bitmaps
135 with `-b` or `repack.writeBitmaps`, as it ensures that the
136 bitmapped packfile has the necessary objects.
138 --keep-pack=<pack-name>::
139 Exclude the given pack from repacking. This is the equivalent
140 of having `.keep` file on the pack. `<pack-name>` is the the
141 pack file name without leading directory (e.g. `pack-123.pack`).
142 The option could be specified multiple times to keep multiple
145 --unpack-unreachable=<when>::
146 When loosening unreachable objects, do not bother loosening any
147 objects older than `<when>`. This can be used to optimize out
148 the write of any objects that would be immediately pruned by
149 a follow-up `git prune`.
153 When used with `-ad`, any unreachable objects from existing
154 packs will be appended to the end of the packfile instead of
155 being removed. In addition, any unreachable loose objects will
156 be packed (and their loose counterparts removed).
161 By default, the command passes `--delta-base-offset` option to
162 'git pack-objects'; this typically results in slightly smaller packs,
163 but the generated packs are incompatible with versions of Git older than
164 version 1.4.4. If you need to share your repository with such ancient Git
165 versions, either directly or via the dumb http protocol, then you
166 need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to
167 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the native protocol
168 is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly
169 as needed in that case.
173 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
174 linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]
178 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite