git-prune-packed(1)

NAME#

git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

SYNOPSIS#

git prune-packed\n [-n | --dry-run] [-q | --quiet]

DESCRIPTION#

This program searches the $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as in the independent object directories.

All such extra objects are removed.

A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.

Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.

OPTIONS#

-n, --dry-run

-q, --quiet

SEE ALSO#

git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)

GIT#

Part of the git(1) suite