X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-prune-packed.txt;h=310033e4605d20b99c21a769e79b25b64abbb618;hb=51e7ecf4ecb506fb36cd5933cb7b78fb4b315ac9;hp=0cb19b00586231a6cc108b09177c405a1ba5c5d9;hpb=c1067050ce58b5b39f528fe634732da858664603;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index 0cb19b005..310033e46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -1,28 +1,38 @@ git-prune-packed(1) ===================== -v0.1, August 2005 NAME ---- -git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now -residing in a pack file. +git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-prune-packed' +'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q] + DESCRIPTION ----------- -This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in -a pack file as well as the independent object directories. +This program search the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently +exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. All such extra objects are removed. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. -Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. +Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, +disk storage, etc. + + +OPTIONS +------- +-n:: + Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been + removed. + +-q:: + Squelch the progress indicator. Author ------ @@ -32,9 +42,10 @@ Documentation -------------- Documentation by Ryan Anderson -See-Also +See Also -------- -git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1) +gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] +gitlink:git-repack[1] GIT ---