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   1git-prune-packed(1)
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   3v0.1, August 2005
   4
   5NAME
   6----
   7git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
   8residing in a pack file.
   9
  10
  11SYNOPSIS
  12--------
  13'git-prune-packed'
  14
  15DESCRIPTION
  16-----------
  17This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in
  18a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
  19
  20All such extra objects are removed.
  21
  22A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
  23compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
  24
  25Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
  26
  27Author
  28------
  29Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  30
  31Documentation
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  33Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
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  35See-Also
  36--------
  37git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)
  38
  39GIT
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  41Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  42