=item --compact
In addition to performing the copy operation, run L<xapian-compact(1)>
-on each Xapian partition after copying but before finalizing it.
+on each Xapian shard after copying but before finalizing it.
Compared to the cost of copying a Xapian database, compacting a
Xapian database takes only around 5% of the time required to copy.
currently required for L<public-inbox-compact(1)> can cause
the compaction to take hours at-a-time.
+=item --reshard=N / -R N
+
+Reshard the Xapian database on a L<v2|public-inbox-v2-format(5)>
+inbox to C<N> shards . Since L<xapian-compact(1)> is not suitable
+for merging, users can rely on this switch to reshard the
+existing Xapian database(s) to any positive value of C<N>.
+
+This is useful in case the Xapian DB was created with too few or
+too many shards given the capabilities of the current hardware.
+
=item --blocksize / --no-full / --fuller
These options are passed directly to L<xapian-compact(1)> when
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2019 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright 2019-2020 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<copydatabase(1)>, L<public-inbox-index(1)>
+L<copydatabase(1)>, L<xapian-compact(1)>, L<public-inbox-index(1)>