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GIT-MULTI-PACK-IN(1)             Git Manual             GIT-MULTI-PACK-IN(1)

NAME top

       git-multi-pack-index - Write and verify multi-pack-indexes

SYNOPSIS top

       git multi-pack-index [--object-dir=<dir>] [--[no-]progress] <subcommand>

DESCRIPTION top

       Write or verify a multi-pack-index (MIDX) file.

OPTIONS top

       --object-dir=<dir>
           Use given directory for the location of Git objects. We check
           <dir>/packs/multi-pack-index for the current MIDX file, and
           <dir>/packs for the pack-files to index.

       --[no-]progress
           Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
           progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.

       The following subcommands are available:

       write
           Write a new MIDX file.

       verify
           Verify the contents of the MIDX file.

       expire
           Delete the pack-files that are tracked by the MIDX file, but have
           no objects referenced by the MIDX. Rewrite the MIDX file
           afterward to remove all references to these pack-files.

       repack
           Create a new pack-file containing objects in small pack-files
           referenced by the multi-pack-index. If the size given by the
           --batch-size=<size> argument is zero, then create a pack
           containing all objects referenced by the multi-pack-index. For a
           non-zero batch size, Select the pack-files by examining packs
           from oldest-to-newest, computing the "expected size" by counting
           the number of objects in the pack referenced by the
           multi-pack-index, then divide by the total number of objects in
           the pack and multiply by the pack size. We select packs with
           expected size below the batch size until the set of packs have
           total expected size at least the batch size. If the total size
           does not reach the batch size, then do nothing. If a new pack-
           file is created, rewrite the multi-pack-index to reference the
           new pack-file. A later run of git multi-pack-index expire will
           delete the pack-files that were part of this batch.

           If repack.packKeptObjects is false, then any pack-files with an
           associated .keep file will not be selected for the batch to
           repack.

EXAMPLES top

       ·   Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.

               $ git multi-pack-index write

       ·   Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in an alternate object store.

               $ git multi-pack-index --object-dir <alt> write

       ·   Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git
           folder.

               $ git multi-pack-index verify

SEE ALSO top

       See The Multi-Pack-Index Design Document[1] and The Multi-Pack-Index
       Format[2] for more information on the multi-pack-index feature.

GIT top

       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES top

        1. The Multi-Pack-Index Design Document
           file:///usr/local/share/doc/git/technical/multi-pack-index.html

        2. The Multi-Pack-Index Format
           file:///usr/local/share/doc/git/technical/pack-format.html

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