git-repack(1)


NAME

   git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository

SYNOPSIS

   git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]

DESCRIPTION

   This command is used to combine all objects that do not currently
   reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize
   existing packs into a single, more efficient pack.

   A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
   compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index
   file.

   Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines,
   disk storage, etc.

OPTIONS

   -a
       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. Use with
       -d. This will clean up the objects that git prune leaves behind,
       but git fsck --full --dangling 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 objects in a
       previous pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being left
       in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never intentionally added
       to a pack, even when repacking. This option prevents unreachable
       objects from being immediately deleted by way of being left in the
       old pack and then removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects
       will be pruned according to normal expiry rules with the next git
       gc invocation. See git-gc(1).

   -d
       After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs
       redundant, remove the redundant packs. Also run git prune-packed to
       remove redundant loose object files.

   -l
       Pass the --local option to git pack-objects. See git-pack-
       objects(1).

   -f
       Pass the --no-reuse-delta option to git-pack-objects, see git-pack-
       objects(1).

   -F
       Pass the --no-reuse-object option to git-pack-objects, see git-
       pack-objects(1).

   -q
       Pass the -q option to git pack-objects. See git-pack-objects(1).

   -n
       Do not update the server information with git update-server-info.
       This option skips updating local catalog files needed to publish
       this repository (or a direct copy of it) over HTTP or FTP. See git-
       update-server-info(1).

   --window=<n>, --depth=<n>
       These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are
       stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally
       sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the
       other objects within --window to see if using delta compression
       saves space.  --depth limits the maximum delta depth; making it too
       deep affects the performance on the unpacker side, because delta
       data needs to be applied that many times to get to the necessary
       object. The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.

   --window-memory=<n>
       This option provides an additional limit on top of --window; the
       window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take up more
       than <n> bytes in memory. This is useful in repositories with a mix
       of large and small objects to not run out of memory with a large
       window, but still be able to take advantage of the large window for
       the smaller objects. The size can be suffixed with "k", "m", or
       "g".  --window-memory=0 makes memory usage unlimited. The default
       is taken from the pack.windowMemory configuration variable. Note
       that the actual memory usage will be the limit multiplied by the
       number of threads used by git-pack-objects(1).

   --max-pack-size=<n>
       Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed
       with "k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1
       MiB. If specified, multiple packfiles may be created, which also
       prevents the creation of a bitmap index. The default is unlimited,
       unless the config variable pack.packSizeLimit is set.

   -b, --write-bitmap-index
       Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack. This only
       makes sense when used with -a or -A, as the bitmaps must be able to
       refer to all reachable objects. This option overrides the setting
       of repack.writeBitmaps. This option has no effect if multiple
       packfiles are created.

   --pack-kept-objects
       Include objects in .keep files when repacking. Note that we still
       do not delete .keep packs after pack-objects finishes. This means
       that we may duplicate objects, but this makes the option safe to
       use when there are concurrent pushes or fetches. This option is
       generally only useful if you are writing bitmaps with -b or
       repack.writeBitmaps, as it ensures that the bitmapped packfile has
       the necessary objects.

   --unpack-unreachable=<when>
       When loosening unreachable objects, do not bother loosening any
       objects older than <when>. This can be used to optimize out the
       write of any objects that would be immediately pruned by a
       follow-up git prune.

   -k, --keep-unreachable
       When used with -ad, any unreachable objects from existing packs
       will be appended to the end of the packfile instead of being
       removed. In addition, any unreachable loose objects will be packed
       (and their loose counterparts removed).

CONFIGURATION

   By default, the command passes --delta-base-offset option to git
   pack-objects; this typically results in slightly smaller packs, but the
   generated packs are incompatible with versions of Git older than
   version 1.4.4. If you need to share your repository with such ancient
   Git versions, either directly or via the dumb http protocol, then you
   need to set the configuration variable repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset to
   "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the native
   protocol is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on
   the fly as needed in that case.

SEE ALSO

   git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1)

GIT

   Part of the git(1) suite





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