From: A Large Angry SCM Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:29:40 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-repack-script: Add option to repack all objects. Message-ID: <43135414.6080400@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7vll2kbqa4.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Junio C Hamano wrote: > 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?