7 git-repack-script - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
8 objects into pack files.
17 This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a
20 A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
21 compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
23 Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
27 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
31 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
35 git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1)
39 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite