From 4321134cd85eabc5d4d07a7ce00d4cf6a02c38fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:59:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] pack-objects: document --revs, --unpacked and --all.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 builtin-pack-objects.c             |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 4991f88c92..d4661ddc2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty]
 	[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
-	{--stdout | base-name} < object-list
+	[--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ base-name::
 	Write the pack contents (what would have been written to
 	.pack file) out to the standard output.
 
+--revs::
+	Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of
+	individual object names.  The revision arguments are processed
+	the same way as gitlink:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag
+	uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
+	outputs.  The objects on the resulting list are packed.
+
+--unpacked::
+	This implies `--revs`.  When processing the list of
+	revision arguments read from the standard input, limit
+	the objects packed to those that are not already packed.
+
+--all::
+	This implies `--revs`.  In addition to the list of
+	revision arguments read from the standard input, pretend
+	as if all refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` are specifed to be
+	included.
+
 --window and --depth::
 	These two options affects how the objects contained in
 	the pack are stored using delta compression.  The
@@ -103,6 +121,7 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano
 
 See Also
 --------
+gitlink:git-rev-list[1]
 gitlink:git-repack[1]
 gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]
 
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 753dd9a414..8d7a1209d5 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
-static const char pack_usage[] = "git-pack-objects [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] {--stdout | base-name} [--revs [--unpacked | --all]* <ref-list | <object-list]";
+static const char pack_usage[] = "git-pack-objects [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] <ref-list | <object-list]";
 
 struct object_entry {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
-- 
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