X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-prune-packed.txt;h=37c53a91de659836eefd8900270cbd23c0a23cd9;hb=61f693bd5a2ab4d830aad6fce0a1c70863f38009;hp=28a1500d39a503e8341ad9c39c1c1597b1653d7c;hpb=f865a2ad981f72423aa1c19412ce57c543801957;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index 28a1500d..37c53a91 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -9,19 +9,28 @@ residing in a pack file. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-prune-packed' +'git-prune-packed' [-n] + 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. +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. +Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, +disk storage, etc. + + +OPTIONS +------- +-n:: + Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been + removed. Author ------