Document that git-unpack-objects will not produce any results when used on a pack that exists in a repository; move it first. Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 68facf4045556d10c541534a086b3c6486a1c5fb diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index 1828062..c20b38b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, and -expands the objects contained in the pack into "one-file -one-object" format in $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY. +Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding +the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in +"loose" (one object per file) format. + +Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked +from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use +this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository. + +Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate +new packs and replace existing ones. OPTIONS ------- -- 1.3.1.g9c203 - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html