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1 | git-prune-packed(1) |
2 | ===================== | |
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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 | -------- | |
b60daf05 | 11 | 'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q] |
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13 | |
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
9c2d28c7 | 16 | This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently |
61f693bd | 17 | exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. |
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18 | |
19 | All such extra objects are removed. | |
20 | ||
21 | A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta | |
22 | compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. | |
23 | ||
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24 | Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, |
25 | disk storage, etc. | |
26 | ||
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28 | OPTIONS |
29 | ------- | |
30 | -n:: | |
31 | Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been | |
32 | removed. | |
33 | ||
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34 | -q:: |
35 | Squelch the progress indicator. | |
36 | ||
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37 | Author |
38 | ------ | |
39 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | |
40 | ||
41 | Documentation | |
42 | -------------- | |
43 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | |
44 | ||
56ae8df5 | 45 | SEE ALSO |
e31bb3bb | 46 | -------- |
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47 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |
48 | linkgit:git-repack[1] | |
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49 | |
50 | GIT | |
51 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 52 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |