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+git-repack(1)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]
+	[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
+	[--write-midx] [--name-hash-version=<n>] [--path-walk]
+
+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.
++
+Promisor packfiles are repacked separately: if there are packfiles that
+have an associated ".promisor" file, these packfiles will be repacked
+into another separate pack, and an empty ".promisor" file corresponding
+to the new separate pack will be written.
+
+-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 linkgit: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.
+
+--cruft::
+	Same as `-a`, unless `-d` is used. Then any unreachable objects
+	are packed into a separate cruft pack. Unreachable objects can
+	be pruned using the normal expiry rules with the next `git gc`
+	invocation (see linkgit:git-gc[1]). Incompatible with `-k`.
+
+--cruft-expiration=<approxidate>::
+	Expire unreachable objects older than `<approxidate>`
+	immediately instead of waiting for the next `git gc` invocation.
+	Only useful with `--cruft -d`.
+
+--max-cruft-size=<n>::
+	Overrides `--max-pack-size` for cruft packs. Inherits the value of
+	`--max-pack-size` (if any) by default. See the documentation for
+	`--max-pack-size` for more details.
+
+--combine-cruft-below-size=<n>::
+	When generating cruft packs without pruning, only repack
+	existing cruft packs whose size is strictly less than `<n>`,
+	where `<n>` represents a number of bytes, which can optionally
+	be suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Cruft packs whose size is
+	greater than or equal to `<n>` are left as-is and not repacked.
+	Useful when you want to avoid repacking large cruft pack(s) in
+	repositories that have many and/or large unreachable objects.
+
+--expire-to=<dir>::
+	Write a cruft pack containing pruned objects (if any) to the
+	directory `<dir>`. This option is useful for keeping a copy of
+	any pruned objects in a separate directory as a backup. Only
+	useful with `--cruft -d`.
+
+-l::
+	Pass the `--local` option to 'git pack-objects'. See
+	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
+-f::
+	Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
+	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
+-F::
+	Pass the `--no-reuse-object` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
+	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Show no progress over the standard error stream and pass the `-q`
+	option to 'git pack-objects'. See linkgit: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 linkgit: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. The maximum
+depth is 4095.
+
+--threads=<n>::
+	This option is passed through to `git pack-objects`.
+
+--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 linkgit: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. Note that this option may result in
+	a larger and slower repository; see the discussion in
+	`pack.packSizeLimit`.
+
+--filter=<filter-spec>::
+	Remove objects matching the filter specification from the
+	resulting packfile and put them into a separate packfile. Note
+	that objects used in the working directory are not filtered
+	out. So for the split to fully work, it's best to perform it
+	in a bare repo and to use the `-a` and `-d` options along with
+	this option.  Also `--no-write-bitmap-index` (or the
+	`repack.writebitmaps` config option set to `false`) should be
+	used otherwise writing bitmap index will fail, as it supposes
+	a single packfile containing all the objects. See
+	linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for valid `<filter-spec>` forms.
+
+--filter-to=<dir>::
+	Write the pack containing filtered out objects to the
+	directory `<dir>`. Only useful with `--filter`. This can be
+	used for putting the pack on a separate object directory that
+	is accessed through the Git alternates mechanism. **WARNING:**
+	If the packfile containing the filtered out objects is not
+	accessible, the repo can become corrupt as it might not be
+	possible to access the objects in that packfile. See the
+	`objects` and `objects/info/alternates` sections of
+	linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+
+-b::
+--write-bitmap-index::
+	Write a reachability bitmap index as part of the repack. This
+	only makes sense when used with `-a`, `-A` or `-m`, 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, unless writing a
+	MIDX (in which case a multi-pack bitmap is 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.
+
+--keep-pack=<pack-name>::
+	Exclude the given pack from repacking. This is the equivalent
+	of having `.keep` file on the pack. `<pack-name>` is the
+	pack file name without leading directory (e.g. `pack-123.pack`).
+	The option can be specified multiple times to keep multiple
+	packs.
+
+--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).
+
+-i::
+--delta-islands::
+	Pass the `--delta-islands` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
+	linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
+-g<factor>::
+--geometric=<factor>::
+	Arrange resulting pack structure so that each successive pack
+	contains at least `<factor>` times the number of objects as the
+	next-largest pack.
++
+`git repack` ensures this by determining a "cut" of packfiles that need
+to be repacked into one in order to ensure a geometric progression. It
+picks the smallest set of packfiles such that as many of the larger
+packfiles (by count of objects contained in that pack) may be left
+intact.
++
+Unlike other repack modes, the set of objects to pack is determined
+uniquely by the set of packs being "rolled-up"; in other words, the
+packs determined to need to be combined in order to restore a geometric
+progression.
++
+Loose objects are implicitly included in this "roll-up", without respect to
+their reachability. This is subject to change in the future.
++
+When writing a multi-pack bitmap, `git repack` selects the largest resulting
+pack as the preferred pack for object selection by the MIDX (see
+linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1]).
+
+-m::
+--write-midx::
+	Write a multi-pack index (see linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1])
+	containing the non-redundant packs.
+
+--name-hash-version=<n>::
+	Provide this argument to the underlying `git pack-objects` process.
+	See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for full details.
+
+--path-walk::
+	Pass the `--path-walk` option to the underlying `git pack-objects`
+	process. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for full details.
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+Various configuration variables affect packing, see
+linkgit:git-config[1] (search for "pack" and "delta").
+
+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.
+
+Delta compression is not used on objects larger than the
+`core.bigFileThreshold` configuration variable and on files with the
+attribute `delta` set to false.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
+linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite