6 git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
11 'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q]
16 This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently
17 exist in 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,
31 Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been
35 Squelch the progress indicator.
39 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
43 Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
47 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
52 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite