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diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..234882685d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +git-prune-packed(1) +===================== + +NAME +---- +git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now +residing in a pack file. + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-prune-packed' [-n] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently +exist in a pack file as well as 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:: + Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been + removed. + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] +gitlink:git-repack[1] + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |