git-prune-packed(1)
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-v0.1, August 2005
NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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-'git-prune-packed'
+'git-prune-packed' [-n]
+
DESCRIPTION
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-This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in
-a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
+This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently
+exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
All such extra objects are removed.
A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
-Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
+Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines,
+disk storage, etc.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-n::
+ Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been
+ removed.
Author
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See-Also
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-git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)
+gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+gitlink:git-repack[1]
GIT
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