SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
+[verse]
+'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--progress] [--expire <time>] [--] [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
'git prune'. See the section "NOTES", below.
This runs 'git fsck --unreachable' using all the refs
-available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of
+available in `refs/`, optionally with additional set of
objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked
objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database.
In addition, it
prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
running 'git prune-packed'.
+It also removes entries from .git/shallow that are not reachable by
+any ref.
Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is
not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
-------
-n::
+--dry-run::
Do not remove anything; just report what it would
remove.
-v::
+--verbose::
Report all removed objects.
-\--::
- Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+--progress::
+ Show progress.
--expire <time>::
Only expire loose objects older than <time>.
+\--::
+ Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
<head>...::
In addition to objects
reachable from any of our references, keep objects
reachable from listed <head>s.
-EXAMPLE
--------
+EXAMPLES
+--------
-To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that
+To prune objects not used by your repository or another that
borrows from your repository via its
`.git/objects/info/alternates`:
------------
-$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git rev-parse --all))
+$ git prune $(cd ../another && git rev-parse --all)
------------
-Notes
+NOTES
-----
In most cases, users will not need to call 'git prune' directly, but
linkgit:git-gc[1],
linkgit:git-reflog[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite