6 git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
11 'git-prune' [-n] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
16 NOTE: In most cases, users should run linkgit:git-gc[1], which calls
17 git-prune. See the section "NOTES", below.
19 This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs
20 available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of
21 objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked
22 objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database.
24 prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
25 running `git prune-packed`.
27 Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is
28 not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
34 Do not remove anything; just report what it would
38 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
41 Only expire loose objects older than <time>.
44 In addition to objects
45 reachable from any of our references, keep objects
46 reachable from listed <head>s.
51 To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that
52 borrows from your repository via its
53 `.git/objects/info/alternates`:
56 $ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all))
62 In most cases, users will not need to call git-prune directly, but
63 should instead call linkgit:git-gc[1], which handles pruning along with
64 many other housekeeping tasks.
66 For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see
67 git-fsck's --unreachable option.
78 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
82 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
86 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite