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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] |
| 61f693bd | 12 | |
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13 | |
| 14 | DESCRIPTION | |
| 15 | ----------- | |
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16 | This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently |
| 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 | ||
| e31bb3bb | 27 | |
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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 | ||
| 46444f51 | 45 | See Also |
| e31bb3bb | 46 | -------- |
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47 | gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] |
| 48 | gitlink:git-repack[1] | |
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49 | |
| 50 | GIT | |
| 51 | --- | |
| a7154e91 | 52 | Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |