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1 git-count-objects(1)
2 ====================
3
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
7
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 'git count-objects' [-v] [-H | --human-readable]
12
13 DESCRIPTION
14 -----------
15 This counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by
16 them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.
17
18
19 OPTIONS
20 -------
21 -v::
22 --verbose::
23 Report in more detail:
24 +
25 count: the number of loose objects
26 +
27 size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
28 +
29 in-pack: the number of in-pack objects
30 +
31 size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB (unless -H is specified)
32 +
33 prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present in
34 the packs. These objects could be pruned using `git prune-packed`.
35 +
36 garbage: the number of files in object database that are neither valid loose
37 objects nor valid packs
38 +
39 size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB (unless -H is
40 specified)
41 +
42 alternate: absolute path of alternate object databases; may appear
43 multiple times, one line per path. Note that if the path contains
44 non-printable characters, it may be surrounded by double-quotes and
45 contain C-style backslashed escape sequences.
46
47 -H::
48 --human-readable::
49
50 Print sizes in human readable format
51
52 GIT
53 ---
54 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite