commit e5148b503587aff015bfa9bd5db6ff142529cc10
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
via: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
date: Fri Jan 24 22:02:34 2025 UTC

update gotadmin cleanup documentation to mention repacking

commit - 5e8d5945001c6818115af2f3b6691e0afacb9d00
commit + e5148b503587aff015bfa9bd5db6ff142529cc10
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--- gotadmin/gotadmin.1
+++ gotadmin/gotadmin.1
@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ and a break-down of the number of objects per object t
 .Op Fl r Ar repository-path
 .Xc
 .Dl Pq alias: Cm cl
-Purge unreferenced loose objects and redundant pack files from the
-repository and display the amount of disk space which has been freed
+Repack the repository and then purge unreferenced loose objects and
+redundant pack files.
+Display the amount of disk space which has been freed
 as a result.
 .Pp
 Unreferenced objects are present in the repository but cannot be
@@ -290,12 +291,8 @@ Packed objects are stored in pack files under
 .Pp
 If redundant copies of packed objects exist in loose form, such
 redundant copies will be purged.
-If all the objects of a pack file are present in other pack files,
-the redundant pack file will be purged.
-Pack files will usually become redundant as a result of repacking the
-repository with
-.Nm
-.Cm pack Fl a .
+If all the objects of a pack file are present in a bigger pack file,
+the redundant smaller pack file will be purged.
 .Pp
 References in the
 .Pa refs/got