git-index-pack
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Name
git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing
packed archive
Synopsis
git index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
git index-pack --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
[<pack-file>]
Description
Git Manual GIT-INDEX-PACK(1)
NAME
git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing
packed archive
SYNOPSIS
git index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file>
git index-pack --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
[<pack-file>]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and
builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. The packed archive
together with the pack index can then be placed in the
objects/pack/ directory of a git repository.
OPTIONS
-v
Be verbose about what is going on, including progress
status.
-o <index-file>
Write the generated pack index into the specified file.
Without this option the name of pack index file is
constructed from the name of packed archive file by
replacing .pack with .idx (and the program fails if the
name of packed archive does not end with .pack).
--stdin
When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin
instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If
<pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to
objects/pack/ directory of the current git repository
with a default name determined from the pack content. If
<pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to
prevent a race condition between this process and git
repack.
--fix-thin
Fix a "thin" pack produced by git pack-objects --thin
(see git-pack-objects(1) for details) by adding the
excluded objects the deltified objects are based on to
the pack. This option only makes sense in conjunction
with --stdin.
--keep
Before moving the index into its final destination
create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file.
This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent
a simultaneous git repack process from deleting the
newly constructed pack and index before refs can be
updated to use objects contained in the pack.
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Git Manual GIT-INDEX-PACK(1)
--keep=<msg>
Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index
into its final destination, but rather than creating an
empty file place <msg> followed by an LF into the .keep
file. The <msg> message can later be searched for within
all .keep files to locate any which have outlived their
usefulness.
--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]
This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It
allows to force the version for the generated pack
index, and to force 64-bit index entries on objects
located above the given offset.
--strict
Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links.
NOTE
Once the index has been created, the list of object names is
sorted and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout.
If --stdin was also used then this is prefixed by either
"pack\t", or "keep\t" if a new .keep file was successfully
created. This is useful to remove a .keep file used as a
lock to prevent the race with git repack mentioned above.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.
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