NAME
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-git-prune - Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database
+git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-prune' [-n]
+'git-prune' [-n] [--] [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using the heads
-specified on the command line (or `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/\*` and
-`$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/\*` if none is specified), and prunes all
-unreachable objects from the object database. In addition, it
+This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs
+available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of
+objects specified on the command line, and prunes all
+objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database.
+In addition, it
prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
running `git prune-packed`.
Do not remove anything; just report what it would
remove.
+\--::
+ Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<head>...::
+ In addition to objects
+ reachable from any of our references, keep objects
+ reachable from listed <head>s.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that
+borrows from your repository via its
+`.git/objects/info/alternates`:
+
+------------
+$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all))
+------------
Author
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