SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
+[verse]
+'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-NOTE: In most cases, users should run 'git-gc', 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
-available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of
+This runs 'git fsck --unreachable' using all the refs
+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'.
+running 'git prune-packed'.
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.
\--::
Notes
-----
-In most cases, users will not need to call 'git-prune' directly, but
-should instead call 'git-gc', 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
--------
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