diff --git a/builtin-count-objects.c b/builtin-count-objects.c
index 62fd1f0961..b814fe5070 100644
--- a/builtin-count-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-count-objects.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static void count_objects(DIR *d, char *path, int len, int verbose,
 		hex[40] = 0;
 		if (get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1))
 			die("internal error");
-		if (has_sha1_pack(sha1, NULL))
+		if (has_sha1_pack(sha1))
 			(*packed_loose)++;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index 64dffa5421..6436bc2248 100644
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static void check_reachable_object(struct object *obj)
 	 * do a full fsck
 	 */
 	if (!obj->parsed) {
-		if (has_sha1_pack(obj->sha1, NULL))
+		if (has_sha1_pack(obj->sha1))
 			return; /* it is in pack - forget about it */
 		printf("missing %s %s\n", typename(obj->type), sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
 		errors_found |= ERROR_REACHABLE;
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 8ca46c8deb..9fc3b35547 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -1966,11 +1966,7 @@ static void add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(struct rev_info *revs)
 		const unsigned char *sha1;
 		struct object *o;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < revs->num_ignore_packed; i++) {
-			if (matches_pack_name(p, revs->ignore_packed[i]))
-				break;
-		}
-		if (revs->num_ignore_packed <= i)
+		if (!p->pack_local || p->pack_keep)
 			continue;
 		if (open_pack_index(p))
 			die("cannot open pack index");
@@ -1999,6 +1995,29 @@ static void add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(struct rev_info *revs)
 	free(in_pack.array);
 }
 
+static int has_sha1_pack_kept_or_nonlocal(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	static struct packed_git *last_found = (void *)1;
+	struct packed_git *p;
+
+	p = (last_found != (void *)1) ? last_found : packed_git;
+
+	while (p) {
+		if ((!p->pack_local || p->pack_keep) &&
+			find_pack_entry_one(sha1, p)) {
+			last_found = p;
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (p == last_found)
+			p = packed_git;
+		else
+			p = p->next;
+		if (p == last_found)
+			p = p->next;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void loosen_unused_packed_objects(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	struct packed_git *p;
@@ -2006,11 +2025,7 @@ static void loosen_unused_packed_objects(struct rev_info *revs)
 	const unsigned char *sha1;
 
 	for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
-		for (i = 0; i < revs->num_ignore_packed; i++) {
-			if (matches_pack_name(p, revs->ignore_packed[i]))
-				break;
-		}
-		if (revs->num_ignore_packed <= i)
+		if (!p->pack_local || p->pack_keep)
 			continue;
 
 		if (open_pack_index(p))
@@ -2018,7 +2033,8 @@ static void loosen_unused_packed_objects(struct rev_info *revs)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < p->num_objects; i++) {
 			sha1 = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, i);
-			if (!locate_object_entry(sha1))
+			if (!locate_object_entry(sha1) &&
+				!has_sha1_pack_kept_or_nonlocal(sha1))
 				if (force_object_loose(sha1, p->mtime))
 					die("unable to force loose object");
 		}
@@ -2208,7 +2224,6 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp("--unpacked", arg) ||
-		    !prefixcmp(arg, "--unpacked=") ||
 		    !strcmp("--reflog", arg) ||
 		    !strcmp("--all", arg)) {
 			use_internal_rev_list = 1;
diff --git a/builtin-prune-packed.c b/builtin-prune-packed.c
index 10cb8df845..2d5b2cd353 100644
--- a/builtin-prune-packed.c
+++ b/builtin-prune-packed.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void prune_dir(int i, DIR *dir, char *pathname, int len, int opts)
 		memcpy(hex+2, de->d_name, 38);
 		if (get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1))
 			continue;
-		if (!has_sha1_pack(sha1, NULL))
+		if (!has_sha1_pack(sha1))
 			continue;
 		memcpy(pathname + len, de->d_name, 38);
 		if (opts & DRY_RUN)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 189151de25..50179687b5 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ extern int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *buf, unsigned l
 
 extern int move_temp_to_file(const char *tmpfile, const char *filename);
 
-extern int has_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1, const char **ignore);
+extern int has_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int has_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int has_loose_object_nonlocal(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
@@ -839,7 +839,6 @@ extern void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *, off_t, enum object_type *, unsign
 extern unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *sizep);
 extern unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *, struct pack_window **, off_t);
 extern const char *packed_object_info_detail(struct packed_git *, off_t, unsigned long *, unsigned long *, unsigned int *, unsigned char *);
-extern int matches_pack_name(struct packed_git *p, const char *name);
 
 /* Dumb servers support */
 extern int update_server_info(int);
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 11798af0c1..37f99209a0 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ static int reuse_worktree_file(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1, int
 	 * objects however would tend to be slower as they need
 	 * to be individually opened and inflated.
 	 */
-	if (!FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY && !want_file && has_sha1_pack(sha1, NULL))
+	if (!FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY && !want_file && has_sha1_pack(sha1))
 		return 0;
 
 	len = strlen(name);
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index 00c597e97c..0868734723 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ case ",$all_into_one," in
 	args='--unpacked --incremental'
 	;;
 ,t,)
+	args= existing=
 	if [ -d "$PACKDIR" ]; then
 		for e in `cd "$PACKDIR" && find . -type f -name '*.pack' \
 			| sed -e 's/^\.\///' -e 's/\.pack$//'`
@@ -67,11 +68,10 @@ case ",$all_into_one," in
 			if [ -e "$PACKDIR/$e.keep" ]; then
 				: keep
 			else
-				args="$args --unpacked=$e.pack"
 				existing="$existing $e"
 			fi
 		done
-		if test -n "$args" -a -n "$unpack_unreachable" -a \
+		if test -n "$existing" -a -n "$unpack_unreachable" -a \
 			-n "$remove_redundant"
 		then
 			args="$args $unpack_unreachable"
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 286e416b75..34ee490ea0 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -994,16 +994,6 @@ static void add_message_grep(struct rev_info *revs, const char *pattern)
 	add_grep(revs, pattern, GREP_PATTERN_BODY);
 }
 
-static void add_ignore_packed(struct rev_info *revs, const char *name)
-{
-	int num = ++revs->num_ignore_packed;
-
-	revs->ignore_packed = xrealloc(revs->ignore_packed,
-				       sizeof(const char *) * (num + 1));
-	revs->ignore_packed[num-1] = name;
-	revs->ignore_packed[num] = NULL;
-}
-
 static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv,
 			       int *unkc, const char **unkv)
 {
@@ -1116,12 +1106,8 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 		revs->edge_hint = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--unpacked")) {
 		revs->unpacked = 1;
-		free(revs->ignore_packed);
-		revs->ignore_packed = NULL;
-		revs->num_ignore_packed = 0;
 	} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--unpacked=")) {
-		revs->unpacked = 1;
-		add_ignore_packed(revs, arg+11);
+		die("--unpacked=<packfile> no longer supported.");
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "-r")) {
 		revs->diff = 1;
 		DIFF_OPT_SET(&revs->diffopt, RECURSIVE);
@@ -1685,7 +1671,7 @@ enum commit_action simplify_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	if (commit->object.flags & SHOWN)
 		return commit_ignore;
-	if (revs->unpacked && has_sha1_pack(commit->object.sha1, revs->ignore_packed))
+	if (revs->unpacked && has_sha1_pack(commit->object.sha1))
 		return commit_ignore;
 	if (revs->show_all)
 		return commit_show;
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 7cf848771b..66d211ac2e 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct rev_info {
 			blob_objects:1,
 			edge_hint:1,
 			limited:1,
-			unpacked:1, /* see also ignore_packed below */
+			unpacked:1,
 			boundary:2,
 			left_right:1,
 			rewrite_parents:1,
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ struct rev_info {
 			missing_newline:1;
 	enum date_mode date_mode;
 
-	const char **ignore_packed; /* pretend objects in these are unpacked */
-	int num_ignore_packed;
-
 	unsigned int	abbrev;
 	enum cmit_fmt	commit_format;
 	struct log_info *loginfo;
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index a07aa4e5c4..37e833b77d 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1919,25 +1919,7 @@ off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int matches_pack_name(struct packed_git *p, const char *name)
-{
-	const char *last_c, *c;
-
-	if (!strcmp(p->pack_name, name))
-		return 1;
-
-	for (c = p->pack_name, last_c = c; *c;)
-		if (*c == '/')
-			last_c = ++c;
-		else
-			++c;
-	if (!strcmp(last_c, name))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e, const char **ignore_packed)
+static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e)
 {
 	static struct packed_git *last_found = (void *)1;
 	struct packed_git *p;
@@ -1949,15 +1931,6 @@ static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e, cons
 	p = (last_found == (void *)1) ? packed_git : last_found;
 
 	do {
-		if (ignore_packed) {
-			const char **ig;
-			for (ig = ignore_packed; *ig; ig++)
-				if (matches_pack_name(p, *ig))
-					break;
-			if (*ig)
-				goto next;
-		}
-
 		if (p->num_bad_objects) {
 			unsigned i;
 			for (i = 0; i < p->num_bad_objects; i++)
@@ -2038,7 +2011,7 @@ int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *sizep)
 	struct pack_entry e;
 	int status;
 
-	if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e, NULL)) {
+	if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e)) {
 		/* Most likely it's a loose object. */
 		status = sha1_loose_object_info(sha1, sizep);
 		if (status >= 0)
@@ -2046,7 +2019,7 @@ int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *sizep)
 
 		/* Not a loose object; someone else may have just packed it. */
 		reprepare_packed_git();
-		if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e, NULL))
+		if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e))
 			return status;
 	}
 
@@ -2065,7 +2038,7 @@ static void *read_packed_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1,
 	struct pack_entry e;
 	void *data;
 
-	if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e, NULL))
+	if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e))
 		return NULL;
 	data = cache_or_unpack_entry(e.p, e.offset, size, type, 1);
 	if (!data) {
@@ -2464,17 +2437,17 @@ int has_pack_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int has_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1, const char **ignore_packed)
+int has_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct pack_entry e;
-	return find_pack_entry(sha1, &e, ignore_packed);
+	return find_pack_entry(sha1, &e);
 }
 
 int has_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct pack_entry e;
 
-	if (find_pack_entry(sha1, &e, NULL))
+	if (find_pack_entry(sha1, &e))
 		return 1;
 	return has_loose_object(sha1);
 }
diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index f5682d66db..6b29bff782 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -88,5 +88,66 @@ test_expect_failure 'packed obs in alt ODB are repacked when local repo has pack
 	done
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'packed obs in alternate ODB kept pack are repacked' '
+	# swap the .keep so the commit object is in the pack with .keep
+	for p in alt_objects/pack/*.pack
+	do
+		base_name=$(basename $p .pack)
+		if test -f alt_objects/pack/$base_name.keep
+		then
+			rm alt_objects/pack/$base_name.keep
+		else
+			touch alt_objects/pack/$base_name.keep
+		fi
+	done
+	git repack -a -d &&
+	myidx=$(ls -1 .git/objects/pack/*.idx) &&
+	test -f "$myidx" &&
+	for p in alt_objects/pack/*.idx; do
+		git verify-pack -v $p | sed -n -e "/^[0-9a-f]\{40\}/p"
+	done | while read sha1 rest; do
+		if ! ( git verify-pack -v $myidx | grep "^$sha1" ); then
+			echo "Missing object in local pack: $sha1"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'packed unreachable obs in alternate ODB are not loosened' '
+	rm -f alt_objects/pack/*.keep &&
+	mv .git/objects/pack/* alt_objects/pack/ &&
+	csha1=$(git rev-parse HEAD^{commit}) &&
+	git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+	sleep 1 &&
+	git reflog expire --expire=now --expire-unreachable=now --all &&
+	# The pack-objects call on the next line is equivalent to
+	# git repack -A -d without the call to prune-packed
+	git pack-objects --honor-pack-keep --non-empty --all --reflog \
+	    --unpack-unreachable </dev/null pack &&
+	rm -f .git/objects/pack/* &&
+	mv pack-* .git/objects/pack/ &&
+	test 0 = $(git verify-pack -v -- .git/objects/pack/*.idx |
+		egrep "^$csha1 " | sort | uniq | wc -l) &&
+	echo > .git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	test_must_fail git show $csha1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'local packed unreachable obs that exist in alternate ODB are not loosened' '
+	echo `pwd`/alt_objects > .git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	echo "$csha1" | git pack-objects --non-empty --all --reflog pack &&
+	rm -f .git/objects/pack/* &&
+	mv pack-* .git/objects/pack/ &&
+	# The pack-objects call on the next line is equivalent to
+	# git repack -A -d without the call to prune-packed
+	git pack-objects --honor-pack-keep --non-empty --all --reflog \
+	    --unpack-unreachable </dev/null pack &&
+	rm -f .git/objects/pack/* &&
+	mv pack-* .git/objects/pack/ &&
+	test 0 = $(git verify-pack -v -- .git/objects/pack/*.idx |
+		egrep "^$csha1 " | sort | uniq | wc -l) &&
+	echo > .git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	test_must_fail git show $csha1
+'
+
 test_done