NAME

gerrit convert-ref-storage - Convert ref storage to reftable (experimental).

A reftable file is a portable binary file format customized for reference storage. References are sorted, enabling linear scans, binary search lookup, and range scans.

See also link:https://www.git-scm.com/docs/reftable for more details[reftable,role=external,window=_blank]

SYNOPSIS

ssh -p <port> <host> gerrit convert-ref-storage
  [--format <format>]
  [--backup | -b]
  [--reflogs | -r]
  [--project <PROJECT> | -p <PROJECT>]

DESCRIPTION

Convert ref storage to reftable.

ACCESS

Administrators

OPTIONS

--project
-p

Required; Name of the project for which the ref format should be changed.

--format

Format to convert to: reftable or refdir. Default: reftable.

--backup
-b

Create backup of old ref storage format. Default: true.

--reflogs
-r

Write reflogs to reftable. Default: true.

EXAMPLES

Convert ref format for project "core" to reftable:

$ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit convert-ref-format -p core

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