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4 <article lang="en" id="git-prune-packed(1)">
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6 <title>git-prune-packed(1)</title>
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8 <primary>git-prune-packed(1)</primary>
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11 <simplesect id="_name">
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13 <simpara>git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files</simpara>
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15 <simplesect id="_synopsis">
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16 <title>SYNOPSIS</title>
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18 <literallayout><emphasis>git prune-packed</emphasis> [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet]</literallayout>
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21 <simplesect id="_description">
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22 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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23 <simpara>This program searches the <emphasis>$GIT_OBJECT_DIR</emphasis> for all objects that currently
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24 exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.</simpara>
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25 <simpara>All such extra objects are removed.</simpara>
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26 <simpara>A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
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27 compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.</simpara>
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28 <simpara>Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines,
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29 disk storage, etc.</simpara>
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31 <simplesect id="_options">
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32 <title>OPTIONS</title>
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43 Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been
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57 Squelch the progress indicator.
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63 <simplesect id="_see_also">
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64 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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65 <simpara><xref linkend="git-pack-objects(1)" />
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66 <xref linkend="git-repack(1)" /></simpara>
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68 <simplesect id="_git">
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70 <simpara>Part of the <xref linkend="git(1)" /> suite</simpara>
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