git-prune(1)

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NAME

6       git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
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SYNOPSIS

9       git prune [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...]
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DESCRIPTION

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13           In most cases, users should run git gc, which calls git prune. See
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16       This runs git fsck --unreachable using all the refs available in refs/,
17       optionally with additional set of objects specified on the command
18       line, and prunes all unpacked objects unreachable from any of these
19       head objects from the object database. In addition, it prunes the
20       unpacked objects that are also found in packs by running git
21       prune-packed.
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23       Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is not
24       desired, see git-repack(1).
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OPTIONS

27       -n, --dry-run
28           Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove.
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34           Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
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40           In addition to objects reachable from any of our references, keep
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EXAMPLE

44       To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that borrows
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NOTES

51       In most cases, users will not need to call git prune directly, but
52       should instead call git gc, which handles pruning along with many other
53       housekeeping tasks.
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55       For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see git
56       fsck's --unreachable option.
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AUTHOR

62       Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org[1]>
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DOCUMENTATION

65       Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
66       <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.
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GIT

69       Part of the git(1) suite
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NOTES

72        1. torvalds@osdl.org
73           mailto:torvalds@osdl.org
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75        2. git@vger.kernel.org
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