git-prune-packed.txt

git-prune-packed(1)
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v0.1, August 2005

NAME
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git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
residing in a pack file.


SYNOPSIS
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'git-prune-packed'

DESCRIPTION
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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.

Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>

See-Also
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gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
gitlink:git-repack[1]

GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite