1git-prune-packed(1) 2===================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now 7residing in a pack file. 8 9 10SYNOPSIS 11-------- 12'git-prune-packed' 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in 17a pack file as well as the independent object directories. 18 19All such extra objects are removed. 20 21A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta 22compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. 23 24Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. 25 26Author 27------ 28Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 29 30Documentation 31-------------- 32Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 33 34See-Also 35-------- 36gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] 37gitlink:git-repack[1] 38 39GIT 40--- 41Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 42