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