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[PATCH 03/11] Use current output for "git repack"

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Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Date
Aug 27, 2013, 17:56 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt | 16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index bdefd9a..3f44ca0 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -3203,17 +3203,15 @@ To put the loose objects into a pack, just run git repack:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git repack
-Generating pack...
-Done counting 6020 objects.
-Deltifying 6020 objects.
- 100% (6020/6020) done
-Writing 6020 objects.
- 100% (6020/6020) done
-Total 6020, written 6020 (delta 4070), reused 0 (delta 0)
-Pack pack-3e54ad29d5b2e05838c75df582c65257b8d08e1c created.
+Counting objects: 6020, done.
+Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
+Compressing objects: 100% (6020/6020), done.
+Writing objects: 100% (6020/6020), done.
+Total 6020 (delta 4070), reused 0 (delta 0)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-You can then run
+This creates a single "pack file" in .git/objects/pack/ 
+containing all currently unpacked objects.  You can then run
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git prune
-- 
1.8.3.msysgit.0


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Thomas
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Message 8 of 28 in “Modernize user-manual”
  1. 0/11 Modernize user-manualThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  2. 01/11 Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git versionThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  4. Lars Gullik BjønnesAug 27, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  6. 02/11 Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  8. 03/11 Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  10. 04/11 Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 27, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  14. 05/11 Fix some typos and improve wordingThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  17. 06/11 Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  20. 07/11 Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  22. 08/11 Improve section "Merging multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  24. 09/11 Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  26. 10/11 Remove irrelevant reference from "Tying it all together"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  27. 11/11 "git prune" is safeThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013

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