X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-prune-packed.txt;h=310033e4605d20b99c21a769e79b25b64abbb618;hb=51e7ecf4ecb506fb36cd5933cb7b78fb4b315ac9;hp=8d96a91b410d91eefb6b424d2f3c54e33520b92b;hpb=8fc66df237afce0b4318657f166b3583831949f3;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index 8d96a91b4..310033e46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -3,25 +3,27 @@ git-prune-packed(1) 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 ------- @@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed. +-q:: + Squelch the progress indicator. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds @@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ Documentation -------------- Documentation by Ryan Anderson -See-Also +See Also -------- gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] gitlink:git-repack[1]