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designed to be unpackable without having anything else, but for
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random access, accompanied with the pack index file (.idx).
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'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and
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expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file
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one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull
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commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network
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transport by their peers.
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In a packed archive, an object is either stored as a compressed
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whole, or as a difference from some other object. The latter is