6 git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
11 'git-index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
12 'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>]
17 Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and
18 builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive
19 together with the pack index can then be placed in the
20 objects/pack/ directory of a git repository.
26 Be verbose about what is going on, including progress status.
29 Write the generated pack index into the specified
30 file. Without this option the name of pack index
31 file is constructed from the name of packed archive
32 file by replacing .pack with .idx (and the program
33 fails if the name of packed archive does not end
37 When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin
38 instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If
39 <pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to
40 objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository with
41 a default name determined from the pack content.
44 It is possible for gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] to build
45 "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on
46 objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
47 Those objects are expected to be present on the receiving end
48 and they must be included in the pack for that pack to be self
49 contained and indexable. Without this option any attempt to
50 index a thin pack will fail. This option only makes sense in
51 conjonction with --stdin.
56 Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
60 Documentation by Sergey Vlasov
64 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite