DESCRIPTION
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-NOTE: In most cases, users should run linkgit:git-gc[1], which calls
-git-prune. See the section "NOTES", below.
+NOTE: In most cases, users should run 'git-gc', which calls
+'git-prune'. See the section "NOTES", below.
-This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs
+This runs 'git-fsck --unreachable' using all the refs
available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of
objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked
objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database.
In addition, it
prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
-running `git prune-packed`.
+running 'git-prune-packed'.
Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is
not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
`.git/objects/info/alternates`:
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-$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all))
+$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git rev-parse --all))
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Notes
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-In most cases, users will not need to call git-prune directly, but
-should instead call linkgit:git-gc[1], which handles pruning along with
+In most cases, users will not need to call 'git-prune' directly, but
+should instead call 'git-gc', which handles pruning along with
many other housekeeping tasks.
For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see
-git-fsck's --unreachable option.
+'git-fsck''s --unreachable option.
SEE ALSO
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