@@ -32,34 +32,45 @@ the frontend program in use.
3232
3333OPTIONS
3434-------
35- --date-format=<fmt>::
36- Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
37- fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
38- See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
39- are supported, and their syntax.
4035
4136--force::
4237 Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing
4338 so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does
4439 not contain the old commit).
4540
46- --max-pack-size=<n>::
47- Maximum size of each output packfile.
48- The default is unlimited.
41+ --quiet::
42+ Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
43+ is successful. This option disables the output shown by
44+ \--stats.
4945
50- --big-file-threshold=<n> ::
51- Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
52- create a delta for, expressed in bytes. The default is 512m
53- (512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
54- with constrained memory .
46+ --stats ::
47+ Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has
48+ created, the packfiles they were stored into, and the
49+ memory used by fast-import during this run. Showing this output
50+ is currently the default, but can be disabled with \--quiet .
5551
56- --depth=<n>::
57- Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
58- Default is 10.
52+ Options for Frontends
53+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5954
60- --active-branches=<n>::
61- Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
62- See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
55+ --cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
56+ Specify the file descriptor that will be written to
57+ when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream.
58+ The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`.
59+
60+ --date-format=<fmt>::
61+ Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
62+ fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
63+ See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
64+ are supported, and their syntax.
65+
66+ --done::
67+ Terminate with error if there is no `done` command at the end of
68+ the stream. This option might be useful for detecting errors
69+ that cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
70+ write a stream.
71+
72+ Locations of Marks Files
73+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6374
6475--export-marks=<file>::
6576 Dumps the internal marks table to <file> when complete.
@@ -93,18 +104,22 @@ OPTIONS
93104Relative and non-relative marks may be combined by interweaving
94105--(no-)-relative-marks with the --(import|export)-marks= options.
95106
107+ Performance and Compression Tuning
108+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
96109
97- --cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
98- Specify the file descriptor that will be written to
99- when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream.
100- The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`.
110+ --active-branches=<n>::
111+ Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
112+ See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
101113
102- --done::
103- Terminate with error if there is no `done` command at the
104- end of the stream.
105- This option might be useful for detecting errors that
106- cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
107- write a stream.
114+ --big-file-threshold=<n>::
115+ Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
116+ create a delta for, expressed in bytes. The default is 512m
117+ (512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
118+ with constrained memory.
119+
120+ --depth=<n>::
121+ Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
122+ Default is 10.
108123
109124--export-pack-edges=<file>::
110125 After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
@@ -115,16 +130,9 @@ Relative and non-relative marks may be combined by interweaving
115130 as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
116131 to 'git pack-objects'.
117132
118- --quiet::
119- Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
120- is successful. This option disables the output shown by
121- \--stats.
122-
123- --stats::
124- Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has
125- created, the packfiles they were stored into, and the
126- memory used by fast-import during this run. Showing this output
127- is currently the default, but can be disabled with \--quiet.
133+ --max-pack-size=<n>::
134+ Maximum size of each output packfile.
135+ The default is unlimited.
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