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4NAME
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c3f0baac 6git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files
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9SYNOPSIS
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7791a1d9 11[verse]
b1889c36 12'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >
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14DESCRIPTION
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16This program computes which packs in your repository
17are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
483bc4f0 18`xargs rm` if you are in the root of the repository.
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0b444cdb 20'git pack-redundant' accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects
a6080a0a 21given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the
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22following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable
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25git fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \
26git pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
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28OPTIONS
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1c3039e8 32--all::
addf88e4 33 Processes all packs. Any filenames on the command line are ignored.
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35--alt-odb::
36 Don't require objects present in packs from alternate object
37 directories to be present in local packs.
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39--verbose::
40 Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.
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56ae8df5 42SEE ALSO
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44linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
45linkgit:git-repack[1]
46linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]
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48GIT
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9e1f0a85 50Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite