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git-prune-packed

GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1)						    Git Manual						       GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1)

NAME

       git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

SYNOPSIS

       git prune-packed [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       -n, --dry-run
	   Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed.

       -q, --quiet
	   Squelch the progress indicator.

AUTHOR

       Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org[1]>

DOCUMENTATION

       Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com[2]>

SEE ALSO

       git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)

GIT

       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES

	1. torvalds@osdl.org
	   mailto:torvalds@osdl.org

	2. ryan@michonline.com
	   mailto:ryan@michonline.com

Git 1.7.1							    07/05/2010						       GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1)