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git-repack-script(1)
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v0.1, August 2005
NAME
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git-repack-script - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
objects into pack files.
SYNOPSIS
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'git-repack-script'
DESCRIPTION
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This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a
"pack", into a 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.
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
See-Also
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git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1)
GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite