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

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

git-prune-packed [-n]

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.

AUTHOR

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>

SEE-ALSO

GIT

Part of the git(7) suite