Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Nicolas Pitre wrote: >>> I couldn't figure out how to make git-unpack-objects -n work. >>> But it seems to be easy in the loop in index-pack >> >> Why don't you simply use git-show-index? > > Because I found the enticing -n switch in the documentation first? > > That command certainly would have done the trick for what I needed it > to do. Perhaps change the documentation of the switch? I think this is "incorrect expectation". The document says: > -n:: > - Only list the objects that would be unpacked, don't actually unpack > - them. I suspect that you were trying to unpack in a repository that already had that object? They are not "the objects that would be unpacked" hence not listed. - To unsubscribe from this list: 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