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] [--grace=<time>] 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15 16This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using all the refs 17available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of 18objects specified on the command line, and prunes all 19objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. 20In addition, it 21prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by 22running `git prune-packed`. 23 24OPTIONS 25------- 26 27-n:: 28 Do not remove anything; just report what it would 29 remove. 30 31--grace=<time>:: 32 Do not prune loose objects that are younger than the 33 specified time. This gives a grace period to newly 34 created objects from getting pruned. 35 36//////////////////////////////////////////// 37\--:: 38 Do not interpret any more arguments as options. 39 40<head>...:: 41 In addition to objects 42 reachable from any of our references, keep objects 43 reachable from listed <head>s. 44 45EXAMPLE 46------- 47 48To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that 49borrows from your repository via its 50`.git/objects/info/alternates`: 51 52------------ 53$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) 54------------ 55//////////////////////////////////////////// 56 57Author 58------ 59Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 60 61Documentation 62-------------- 63Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 64 65GIT 66--- 67Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 68