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author | Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | 2023-10-08 06:45:03 +0000 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-09 12:04:21 -0700 |
commit | cf6cac20059123d6ec3f867bb3692df62db52cf9 (patch) | |
tree | 99e0ee363183782b239257d69d28282c44100136 /Documentation/git-index-pack.txt | |
parent | 3a06386e314565108ad56a9bdb8f7b80ac52fb69 (diff) | |
download | git-cf6cac20059123d6ec3f867bb3692df62db52cf9.tar.gz |
documentation: wording improvements
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 4e71c256ec..6486620c3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and -builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. Optionally writes a +Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, +builds a pack index file (.idx) for it, and optionally writes a reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The packed -archive together with the pack index can then be placed in +archive, together with the pack index, can then be placed in the objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository. @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ OPTIONS updated to use objects contained in the pack. --keep=<msg>:: - Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into - its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file + Like --keep, create a .keep file before moving the index into + its final destination. However, instead of creating an empty file place '<msg>' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '<msg>' message can later be searched for within all .keep files to locate any which have outlived their usefulness. |