NAME
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-git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
-residing in a pack file.
+git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-prune-packed'
+[verse]
+'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet]
+
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 searches 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::
+--dry-run::
Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been
removed.
-Author
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-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ Squelch the progress indicator.
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
-See-Also
+SEE ALSO
--------
-gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
-gitlink:git-repack[1]
+linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
+linkgit:git-repack[1]
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite