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| author | Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> | 2006-05-08 10:03:37 +1200 |
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| committer | Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> | 2006-05-08 10:03:37 +1200 |
| commit | 50c08d48722149d95f46bcc80a5211ea04b8a809 (patch) | |
| tree | 15c465be37ba4fdd8824edb95085b81076b73af9 /Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | |
| parent | a248c9614fdd130229fb5f9565abbd77bd1d0cc9 (diff) | |
| parent | be65e7d9fbd3ae6fc097cedade2afe39805fcf4e (diff) | |
| download | git-50c08d48722149d95f46bcc80a5211ea04b8a809.tar.xz | |
Merge with git://kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index 18280628a1..c20b38b08a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, and -expands the objects contained in the pack into "one-file -one-object" format in $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY. +Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding +the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in +"loose" (one object per file) format. + +Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked +from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use +this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository. + +Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate +new packs and replace existing ones. OPTIONS ------- |