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>