NAME
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-git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files.
+git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-pack-redundant [ -v ] < -a | .pack filename ... >'
+'git-pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >
DESCRIPTION
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are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository.
+git-pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects
+given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the
+following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable
+objects.
+
+git-fsck-objects --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \
+git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
+
OPTIONS
-------
--v::
- Verbose. Outputs some statistics to stderr.
- Has a small performance penalty.
--a::
- All. Processes all the local packs. Any filenames on
- the commandline are ignored.
+--all::
+ Processes all packs. Any filenames on the command line are ignored.
+
+--alt-odb::
+ Don't require objects present in packs from alternate object
+ directories to be present in local packs.
+
+--verbose::
+ Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.
Author
------
-Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
Documentation
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-Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
+Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
-See-Also
+See Also
--------
gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
gitlink:git-repack[1]