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1 | git-prune-packed(1) |
| 2 | ===================== | |
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3 | |
| 4 | NAME | |
| 5 | ---- | |
| 6 | git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now | |
| 7 | residing in a pack file. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | SYNOPSIS | |
| 11 | -------- | |
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12 | 'git-prune-packed' [-n] |
| 13 | ||
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14 | |
| 15 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 16 | ----------- | |
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17 | This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently |
| 18 | exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. | |
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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 | ||
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25 | Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, |
| 26 | disk storage, etc. | |
| 27 | ||
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29 | OPTIONS |
| 30 | ------- | |
| 31 | -n:: | |
| 32 | Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been | |
| 33 | removed. | |
| 34 | ||
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35 | Author |
| 36 | ------ | |
| 37 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | Documentation | |
| 40 | -------------- | |
| 41 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | See-Also | |
| 44 | -------- | |
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45 | gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] |
| 46 | gitlink:git-repack[1] | |
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47 | |
| 48 | GIT | |
| 49 | --- | |
| a7154e91 | 50 | Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
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