Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt

   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