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e31bb3bb | 1 | git-prune-packed(1) |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
c3f0baac | 6 | git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
7791a1d9 | 11 | [verse] |
7cfe0c98 | 12 | 'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] |
61f693bd | 13 | |
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14 | |
15 | DESCRIPTION | |
16 | ----------- | |
3991e910 | 17 | This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` for all objects that currently |
61f693bd | 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:: | |
7cfe0c98 | 32 | --dry-run:: |
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33 | Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been |
34 | removed. | |
35 | ||
b60daf05 | 36 | -q:: |
7cfe0c98 | 37 | --quiet:: |
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38 | Squelch the progress indicator. |
39 | ||
56ae8df5 | 40 | SEE ALSO |
e31bb3bb | 41 | -------- |
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42 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |
43 | linkgit:git-repack[1] | |
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44 | |
45 | GIT | |
46 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 47 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |