GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1) Git Manual 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 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 git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1) GIT Part of the git(1) suite Git 2.20.1 04/20/2020 GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1)