git-describe: documentation.

[git.git] / Documentation / git-pack-redundant.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index 5ba9272..9fe86ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ This program computes which packs in your repository
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 
 are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
 'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
 

+git-pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects
+given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the 
+following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable
+objects.
+
+git-fsck-objects --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \
+git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
+

 OPTIONS
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 OPTIONS
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@@ -32,11 +40,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 Author
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 Author
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-Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>

 
 Documentation
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 Documentation
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-Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>

 
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