6 git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
7 residing in a pack file.
16 This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in
17 a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
19 All such extra objects are removed.
21 A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
22 compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
24 Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
28 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
32 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
36 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
41 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite