Packfiles - Git
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-PackfilesWhen Git packs objects, it looks for files that are named and sized similarly, and stores just the deltas from one version of the file to the next. You can look into the packfile and see what Git did to save space. The git verify-pack plumbing command allows you to see what was packed up:
Packfiles - Git
git-scm.com › book › enWhen Git packs objects, it looks for files that are named and sized similarly, and stores just the deltas from one version of the file to the next. You can look into the packfile and see what Git did to save space. The git verify-pack plumbing command allows you to see what was packed up:
Git - Git Objects
git-scm.com › book › enGit has initialized the objects directory and created pack and info subdirectories in it, but there are no regular files. Now, let’s use git hash-object to create a new data object and manually store it in your new Git database: $ echo 'test content' | git hash-object -w --stdin d670460b4b4aece5915caf5c68d12f560a9fe3e4
Git - git-repack Documentation
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-repackThis command is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a "pack", into a pack. It can also be used to re-organize existing packs into a single, more efficient pack. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.