summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/git-prune.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-prune.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune.txt15
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
index 4d673a5686..7a493c80f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ 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'.
+It also removes entries from .git/shallow that are not reachable by
+any ref.
Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is
not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
@@ -53,12 +56,12 @@ OPTIONS
EXAMPLE
-------
-To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that
+To prune objects not used by your repository or another that
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
@@ -78,14 +81,6 @@ linkgit:git-fsck[1],
linkgit:git-gc[1],
linkgit:git-reflog[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite