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GIT-INDEX-PACK(1) | Git Manual | GIT-INDEX-PACK(1) |
NAME¶
git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archiveSYNOPSIS¶
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¶
-vBe 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.
--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) suite03/19/2016 | Git 1.7.10.4 |