Peter Eriksen <s022018@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is a bit confusing on first read, that > > "The packed archive format (.pack) is designed > to be unpackable..." > > Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Yea, this is a good improvement in readability. I can't even make sense out of the old language, and I know how this works. :-) > diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt > index eed0a94..3a1be08 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt > @@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ archive with specified base-name, or to the standard output. > A packed archive is an efficient way to transfer set of objects > between two repositories, and also is an archival format which > is efficient to access. The packed archive format (.pack) is > -designed to be unpackable without having anything else, but for > -random access, accompanied with the pack index file (.idx). > +designed to be self contained so that it can be unpacked without > +any further information, but for fast, random access to the objects > +in the pack, a pack index file (.idx) will be generated. > > Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or > any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES) -- Shawn. -- 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
