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<h1>pack<a class="headerlink" href="#pack" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<tr class="field-odd 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-even 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">-q</span>, <span class="option">--quiet</span></kbd></td>
<td><p class="first last">Only display errors and warnings.</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>
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<tr class="field-even 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-odd field"><th class="field-name">See also:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last"><a class="reference internal" href="repositories-help.html"><span class="doc">repositories</span></a></p>
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