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diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index a4a0d56cae..54f1dab38d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -NOTE: In most cases, users should run `git-gc`, which calls -`git-prune`. See the section "NOTES", below. +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 +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 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]. @@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ $ 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 +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. +'git-fsck''s --unreachable option. SEE ALSO -------- |