git-prune-packed(1) ===================== NAME ---- git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q] 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. -q:: Squelch the progress indicator. 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