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<h1>pack<a class="headerlink" href="#pack" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Purpose:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Compress the data within a repository.</p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Usage:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">bzr pack [BRANCH_OR_REPO]</p>
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<kbd><span class="option">--usage</span></kbd></td>
<td><p class="first last">Show usage message and options.</p>
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<kbd><span class="option">--clean-obsolete-packs</span></kbd></td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><p class="first last">Delete obsolete packs to save disk space.</p>
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<kbd><span class="option">-v</span>, <span class="option">--verbose</span></kbd></td>
<td><p class="first last">Display more information.</p>
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<kbd><span class="option">-q</span>, <span class="option">--quiet</span></kbd></td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Description:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">This operation compresses the data within a bazaar repository. As
bazaar supports automatic packing of repository, this operation is
normally not required to be done manually.</p>
<p>During the pack operation, bazaar takes a backup of existing repository
data, i.e. pack files. This backup is eventually removed by bazaar
automatically when it is safe to do so. To save disk space by removing
the backed up pack files, the –clean-obsolete-packs option may be
used.</p>
<p>Warning: If you use –clean-obsolete-packs and your machine crashes
during or immediately after repacking, you may be left with a state
where the deletion has been written to disk but the new packs have not
been. In this case the repository may be unusable.</p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">See also:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last"><a class="reference internal" href="repositories-help.html"><em>repositories</em></a></p>
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