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. SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-prune-packed' 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. 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. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds Documentation -------------- Documentation by Ryan Anderson See-Also -------- git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1) GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite