{"thread":{"id":"13613","subject":"[PATCH] Clarify repack -n documentation","startedAt":"2008-05-22T12:47:19Z","lastAt":"2008-05-22T12:47:19Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Shawn O. Pearce"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"77462","messageId":"20080522124719.GA9152@spearce.org","threadId":"13613","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Clarify repack -n documentation","fromName":"Shawn O. Pearce","fromEmail":"spearce@spearce.org","sentAt":"2008-05-22T12:47:19Z","receivedAt":"2008-05-22T12:47:19Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"spearce@spearce.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34844?v=4"},"body":"While repacking a local repository a coworker thought the -n option\nwas necessary to git-repack to keep it from updating some unknown\nfile on the central server we all share.  Explaining further what\nthe option is (not) doing helps to make it clear the option does\nnot impact any remote repositories the user may have configured.\n\nSigned-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>\n---\n Documentation/git-repack.txt |    7 +++++--\n 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt\nindex 3d95749..d14ab51 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt\n@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ OPTIONS\n \tlinkgit:git-pack-objects[1].\n \n -n::\n-        Do not update the server information with\n-        `git update-server-info`.\n+\tDo not update the server information with\n+\t`git update-server-info`.  This option skips\n+\tupdating local catalog files needed to publish\n+\tthis repository (or a direct copy of it)\n+\tover HTTP or FTP.  See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1].\n \n --window=[N], --depth=[N]::\n \tThese two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are\n-- \n1.5.5.1.501.gefb4\n"}]}