# git-prune-packed

git-prune-packed(1) ===================

NAME ---- git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files

SYNOPSIS --------

> ’git prune-packed’ \[-n \| --dry-run\] \[-q \| --quiet\]

DESCRIPTION ----------- This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as in 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.

OPTIONS ------- -n:: --dry-run:: Don’t actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed.

-q  

--quiet  
Squelch the progress indicator.

SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pack-objects\[1\] linkgit:git-repack\[1\]

GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git\[1\] suite