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1 git-prune(1)
2 ============
3 v0.99.5, Aug 2005
5 NAME
6 ----
7 git-prune - Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database
10 SYNOPSIS
11 --------
12 'git-prune' [-n]
14 DESCRIPTION
15 -----------
17 This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using the heads
18 specified on the command line (or `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/\*` and
19 `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/\*` if none is specified), and prunes all
20 unreachable objects from the object database.  In addition, it
21 prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
22 running `git prune-packed`.
24 OPTIONS
25 -------
27 -n::
28         Do not remove anything; just report what it would
29         remove.
32 Author
33 ------
34 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
36 Documentation
37 --------------
38 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
40 GIT
41 ---
42 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite