commit b1290c0c60618341880dbd6fc0b36a782469d61a
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
via: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
date: Fri Jan 24 22:02:34 2025 UTC

change references to git-repack to gotadmin cleanup and explain more details

commit - a293867f37102188af14fb9ac7ee0075a04534fe
commit + b1290c0c60618341880dbd6fc0b36a782469d61a
blob - dbd5096b6fb2eb9f6253e0d0673a2a9e0d7aff47
blob + 72385745a21eb10a6eaf3ec6da928b7bbbaa0037
--- got/got.1
+++ got/got.1
@@ -483,8 +483,13 @@ and
 options.
 .Pp
 New changes will be stored in a separate pack file downloaded from the server.
-Optionally, separate pack files stored in the repository can be combined with
-.Xr git-repack 1 .
+Over time, small pack files will accumulate as a result of repeatedly running
+.Ic got fetch .
+For best performance, multiple small pack files can be combined into a single
+larger pack file with
+.Ic gotadmin cleanup .
+The number of pack files in the repository is displayed by
+.Ic gotadmin info .
 .Pp
 By default, branch references in the
 .Dq refs/remotes/
@@ -646,7 +651,7 @@ are allowed.
 Only references are deleted.
 Any commit, tree, tag, and blob objects fetched from a remote repository
 will generally be stored in pack files and may be removed separately with
-.Xr git-repack 1
+.Ic gotadmin cleanup
 and Git's garbage collector.
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