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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-10 09:05:31 -0800 |
| commit | 77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f720e61941241b53a4f258d0dc62e5a9a360aa8 /Documentation/git-prune.txt | |
| parent | mktree: fix a memory leak in write_tree() (diff) | |
| parent | build-in git-mktree (diff) | |
| download | tgif-77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041.tar.xz | |
Merge 'build-in git-mktree'
* commit '633e3556ccbc': (5835 commits)
build-in git-mktree
allow -t abbreviation for --track in git branch
gitweb: Remove function prototypes (cleanup)
Documentation: cloning to empty directory is allowed
Clarify kind of conflict in merge-one-file helper
git config: clarify --add and --get-color
archive-tar.c: squelch a type mismatch warning
Start 1.6.4 development
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GIT 1.6.3
t4029: use sh instead of bash
t4200: convert sed expression which operates on non-text file to perl
t4200: remove two unnecessary lines
t/annotate-tests.sh: avoid passing a non-newline terminated file to sed
t4118: avoid sed invocation on file without terminating newline
t4118: add missing '&&'
t8005: use egrep when extended regular expressions are required
git-clean doc: the command only affects paths under $(cwd)
improve error message in config.c
t4018-diff-funcname: add cpp xfuncname pattern to syntax test
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-prune.txt')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 0ace233d18..da6055d4b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -8,18 +8,24 @@ git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-prune' [-n] [--] [<head>...] +'git-prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs +NOTE: In most cases, users should run 'git-gc', which calls +'git-prune'. See the section "NOTES", below. + +This runs 'git-fsck --unreachable' using all the refs available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of -objects specified on the command line, and prunes all +objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. In addition, it prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by -running `git prune-packed`. +running 'git-prune-packed'. + +Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is +not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1]. OPTIONS ------- @@ -28,9 +34,15 @@ OPTIONS Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove. +-v:: + Report all removed objects. + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. +--expire <time>:: + Only expire loose objects older than <time>. + <head>...:: In addition to objects reachable from any of our references, keep objects @@ -44,9 +56,26 @@ borrows from your repository via its `.git/objects/info/alternates`: ------------ -$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) +$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git rev-parse --all)) ------------ +Notes +----- + +In most cases, users will not need to call 'git-prune' directly, but +should instead call 'git-gc', which handles pruning along with +many other housekeeping tasks. + +For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see +'git-fsck''s --unreachable option. + +SEE ALSO +-------- + +linkgit:git-fsck[1], +linkgit:git-gc[1], +linkgit:git-reflog[1] + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> @@ -57,4 +86,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |