1git-prune-packed(1) 2===================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] 13 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently 18exist in a 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, 26disk storage, etc. 27 28 29OPTIONS 30------- 31-n:: 32--dry-run:: 33 Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been 34 removed. 35 36-q:: 37--quiet:: 38 Squelch the progress indicator. 39 40SEE ALSO 41-------- 42linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] 43linkgit:git-repack[1] 44 45GIT 46--- 47Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite