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NAME top
git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed
archiveSYNOPSIS top
_git index-pack_ [-v] [-o <index-file>] [--[no-]rev-index] <pack-file>
_git index-pack_ --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>]
[--[no-]rev-index] [<pack-file>]DESCRIPTION top
Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, builds a
pack index file (.idx) for it, and optionally writes a
reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The packed archive,
together with the pack index, can then be placed in the
objects/pack/ directory of a Git repository.OPTIONS top
-v
Be verbose about what is going on, including progress status.
-o <index-file>
Write the generated pack index into the specified file.
Without this option the name of pack index file is constructed
from the name of packed archive file by replacing .pack with
.idx (and the program fails if the name of packed archive does
not end with .pack).
--[no-]rev-index
When this flag is provided, generate a reverse index (a **.rev**
file) corresponding to the given pack. If **--verify** is given,
ensure that the existing reverse index is correct. Takes
precedence over **pack.writeReverseIndex**.
--stdin
When this flag is provided, the pack is read from stdin
instead and a copy is then written to <pack-file>. If
<pack-file> is not specified, the pack is written to
objects/pack/ directory of the current Git repository with a
default name determined from the pack content. If <pack-file>
is not specified consider using --keep to prevent a race
condition between this process and _git repack_.
--fix-thin
Fix a "thin" pack produced by **git pack-objects --thin** (see
[git-pack-objects(1)](../man1/git-pack-objects.1.html) for details) by adding the excluded
objects the deltified objects are based on to the pack. This
option only makes sense in conjunction with --stdin.
--keep
Before moving the index into its final destination create an
empty .keep file for the associated pack file. This option is
usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a simultaneous _git_
_repack_ process from deleting the newly constructed pack and
index before refs can be updated to use objects contained in
the pack.
--keep=<msg>
Like --keep, create a .keep file before moving the index into
its final destination. However, instead of creating an empty
file place _<msg>_ followed by an LF into the .keep file. The
_<msg>_ message can later be searched for within all .keep files
to locate any which have outlived their usefulness.
--index-version=<version>[,<offset>]
This is intended to be used by the test suite only. It allows
to force the version for the generated pack index, and to
force 64-bit index entries on objects located above the given
offset.
--strict[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]
Die, if the pack contains broken objects or links. An optional
comma-separated list of _<msg-id>_**=**_<severity>_ can be passed to
change the severity of some possible issues, e.g.,
**--strict=**"missingEmail=ignore,badTagName=error". See the entry
for the **fsck.**_<msg-id>_ configuration options in [git-fsck(1)](../man1/git-fsck.1.html) for
more information on the possible values of _<msg-id>_ and
_<severity>_.
--progress-title
For internal use only.
Set the title of the progress bar. The title is "Receiving
objects" by default and "Indexing objects" when **--stdin** is
specified.
--check-self-contained-and-connected
Die if the pack contains broken links. For internal use only.
--fsck-objects[=<msg-id>=<severity>...]
Die if the pack contains broken objects, but unlike **--strict**,
don’t choke on broken links. If the pack contains a tree
pointing to a .gitmodules blob that does not exist, prints the
hash of that blob (for the caller to check) after the hash
that goes into the name of the pack/idx file (see "Notes").
An optional comma-separated list of _<msg-id>_**=**_<severity>_ can be
passed to change the severity of some possible issues, e.g.,
**--fsck-objects=**"missingEmail=ignore,badTagName=ignore". See
the entry for the **fsck.**_<msg-id>_ configuration options in
[git-fsck(1)](../man1/git-fsck.1.html) for more information on the possible values of
_<msg-id>_ and _<severity>_.
--threads=<n>
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when resolving
deltas. This requires that index-pack be compiled with
pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a warning. This
is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor machines.
The required amount of memory for the delta search window is
however multiplied by the number of threads. Specifying 0 will
cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU’s and use maximum 3
threads.
--max-input-size=<size>
Die, if the pack is larger than <size>.
--object-format=<hash-algorithm>
Specify the given object format (hash algorithm) for the pack.
The valid values are _sha1_ and (if enabled) _sha256_. The default
is the algorithm for the current repository (set by
**extensions.objectFormat**), or _sha1_ if no value is set or
outside a repository.
This option cannot be used with --stdin.
Note: At present, there is no interoperability between SHA-256
repositories and SHA-1 repositories.
Historically, we warned that SHA-256 repositories may later need
backward incompatible changes when we introduce such
interoperability features. Today, we only expect compatible
changes. Furthermore, if such changes prove to be necessary, it
can be expected that SHA-256 repositories created with today’s Git
will be usable by future versions of Git without data loss.
--promisor[=<message>]
Before committing the pack-index, create a .promisor file for
this pack. Particularly helpful when writing a promisor pack
with --fix-thin since the name of the pack is not final until
the pack has been fully written. If a _<message>_ is provided,
then that content will be written to the .promisor file for
future reference. See **partial clone**[1] for more information.
Also, if there are objects in the given pack that references
non-promisor objects (in the repo), repacks those non-promisor
objects into a promisor pack. This avoids a situation in which
a repo has non-promisor objects that are accessible through
promisor objects.
Requires <pack-file> to not be specified.NOTES top
Once the index has been created, the hash that goes into the name
of the pack/idx file is printed to stdout. If --stdin was also
used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a
new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove
a .keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with _git repack_
mentioned above.GIT top
Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suiteNOTES top
1. partial clone
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