The sparse connectivity algorithm saves a whole lot of time when there
are UNINTERESTING trees around.
---
Documentation/git-repack.txt | 4 ++++
builtin/repack.c | 5 +++++
t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index aa0cc8bd44..836d81457a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ depth is 4095.
Pass the `--delta-islands` option to `git-pack-objects`, see
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+--sparse::
+ Pass the `--sparse` option to `git-pack-objects`; see
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
Configuration
-------------
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 67f8978043..8e7641482b 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int no_update_server_info = 0;
int midx_cleared = 0;
struct pack_objects_args po_args = {NULL};
+ int sparse = 0;
struct option builtin_repack_options[] = {
OPT_BIT('a', NULL, &pack_everything,
@@ -326,6 +327,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("maximum size of each packfile")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "pack-kept-objects", &pack_kept_objects,
N_("repack objects in packs marked with .keep")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "sparse", &sparse,
+ N_("use the sparse reachability algorithm")),
OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "keep-pack", &keep_pack_list, N_("name"),
N_("do not repack this pack")),
OPT_END()
@@ -366,6 +369,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--all");
argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--reflog");
argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--indexed-objects");
+ if (sparse)
+ argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--sparse");
if (repository_format_partial_clone)
argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--exclude-promisor-objects");
if (write_bitmaps)
diff --git a/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh b/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
index 7124b5581a..66e133dcfe 100755
--- a/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
+++ b/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
@@ -133,4 +133,10 @@ test_expect_success 'pack.useSparse overridden' '
test_cmp required_objects.txt sparse_objects.txt
'
+# repack --sparse invokes pack-objects --sparse
+test_expect_success 'repack --sparse and fsck' '
+ git repack -a --sparse &&
+ git fsck
+'
+
test_done
--
2.17.1
