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git-prune-packed(1)

NAME

git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

SYNOPSIS

git prune-packed [-n | --dry-run] [-q | --quiet]

DESCRIPTION

This program searches the $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as in 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

--dry-run

Don’t actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed.

-q

--quiet

Squelch the progress indicator.

SEE ALSO

linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] linkgit:git-repack[1]

GIT

Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite