From: Michael J Gruber Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:15:47 GMT Subject: [PATCH] git-repack.txt: Clarify implications of -a for dumb protocols Message-ID: <1244564147-15918-1-git-send-email-git@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: <780e0a6b0906051214t76f2bf37u96cc0b8039f63d23@mail.gmail.com> The current text makes some users feel uneasy, worrying whether '-a' could lead to corrupt repositories. Clarify that '-a' may lead to performance issues only for dumb protocols. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber --- Helped-by: Stephen Boyd Documentation/git-repack.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index aaa8852..c9257a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ OPTIONS Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects, pack everything referenced into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used - for private development and there is no need to worry - about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use + for private development. Use with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as dangling. ++ +Note that users fetching over dumb protocols will have to fetch the +whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how many +other objects in that pack they already have locally. -A:: Same as `-a`, unless '-d' is used. Then any unreachable -- 1.6.3.2.278.gb6431.dirty