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1 | git-prune-packed(1) |
| 2 | ===================== | |
| 3 | v0.1, August 2005 | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | NAME | |
| 6 | ---- | |
| 7 | git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now | |
| 8 | residing in a pack file. | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | -------- | |
| 13 | 'git-prune-packed' | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 16 | ----------- | |
| 17 | This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in | |
| 18 | a pack file as well as the independent object directories. | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | All such extra objects are removed. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta | |
| 23 | compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | Author | |
| 28 | ------ | |
| 29 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | Documentation | |
| 32 | -------------- | |
| 33 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | See-Also | |
| 36 | -------- | |
| 37 | git-pack-objects(1) git-repack-script(1) | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | GIT | |
| 40 | --- | |
| 41 | Part of the link:git.html[git] suite | |
| 42 |