1git-prune(1) 2============ 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-prune - Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git-prune' [-n] [--] [<head>...] 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15 16This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using all the refs 17available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of 18objects specified on the command line, and prunes all 19objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. 20In addition, it 21prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by 22running `git prune-packed`. 23 24OPTIONS 25------- 26 27-n:: 28 Do not remove anything; just report what it would 29 remove. 30 31\--:: 32 Do not interpret any more arguments as options. 33 34<head>...:: 35 In addition to objects 36 reachable from any of our references, keep objects 37 reachable from listed <head>s. 38 39EXAMPLE 40------- 41 42To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that 43borrows from your repository via its 44`.git/objects/info/alternates`: 45 46------------ 47$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) 48------------ 49 50Author 51------ 52Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 53 54Documentation 55-------------- 56Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 57 58GIT 59--- 60Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 61