7 git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
8 objects into pack files.
13 'git-repack' [-a] [-d]
18 This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
19 reside in a "pack", into a 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 available into a single pack.
34 Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
35 for a private development and there no need to worry
36 about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
40 After packing, if the newly created packs make some
41 existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
46 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
50 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
54 git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1)
58 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite