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Re: [PATCH] git-repack-script: Add option to repack all objects.

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Aug 29, 2005, 18:29 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> This originally came from Frank Sorenson but with a bit of
> rework to allow future enhancement to the command without
> changing the external interface for removal part.
> 
> With the '-a' option, all objects in the current repository are
> packed into a single pack.  When the '-d' option is given at the
> same time, existing packs that were made redundant by this round
> of repacking are deleted.
> 
> Since we currently have only two repacking strategies, one '-a'
> (everything into one) and the other not '-a' (incrementally pack
> only the unpacked ones), '-d' is meaningful only used with '-a'
> and removes all the existing packs before repacking for now.
> 
[Rest of updated patch snipped]
Frank,

Can you produce a patch to update the git-repack-script documentation to reflect the new functionality?

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  1. git-repack-script: Add option to repack all objectsFrank Sorenson, Aug 27, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2005
  3. Frank SorensonAug 29, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2005
  5. git-repack-script: Add option to repack all objects.Junio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2005
  6. A Large Angry SCMAug 29, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2005
  8. A Large Angry SCMAug 29, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2005
  10. Frank SorensonAug 29, 2005

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