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-.TH "GIT\-LOST\-FOUND" "1" "07/19/2007" "Git 1.5.3.rc2.19.gc4fba" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-LOST\-FOUND" "1" "09/24/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2.91.g4f337" "Git Manual"
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.SH "AUTHOR"
-Written by Junio C Hamano 濱野 純 <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git\-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
.SH "GIT"
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-.TH "GIT\-PACK\-OBJECTS" "1" "09/15/2007" "Git 1.5.3.1.91.gd3392" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-PACK\-OBJECTS" "1" "09/24/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2.91.g4f337" "Git Manual"
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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).
-\fIgit\-unpack\-objects\fR command can read the packed archive and expand the objects contained in the pack into "one\-file one\-object" format; this is typically done by the smart\-pull commands when a pack is created on\-the\-fly for efficient network transport by their peers.
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Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES) enables git to read from such an archive.
+\fIgit\-unpack\-objects\fR command can read the packed archive and expand the objects contained in the pack into "one\-file one\-object" format; this is typically done by the smart\-pull commands when a pack is created on\-the\-fly for efficient network transport by their peers.
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In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is often called a delta.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
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-.TH "GIT\-PRUNE\-PACKED" "1" "07/19/2007" "Git 1.5.3.rc2.19.gc4fba" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-PRUNE\-PACKED" "1" "09/24/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2.91.g4f337" "Git Manual"
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fIgit\-prune\-packed\fR [\-n] [\-q]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-This program search the $GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
+This program searches the $GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
All such extra objects are removed.