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git-prune-packed(1)
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v0.1, August 2005
NAME
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git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
residing in a pack file.
SYNOPSIS
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'git-prune-packed'
DESCRIPTION
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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
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
See-Also
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git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)
GIT
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