X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-prune.txt;h=a11e3030943ab3ffd10afa017640826795809d05;hb=ce0bd64299ae148ef61a63edcac635de41254cb5;hp=3367c9b21452db7e73ec29f03d36fd2d11b56b97;hpb=5e80092f7e6db09a40a62e837ca3f74f0bc5ad73;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 3367c9b2..a11e3030 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ git-prune - Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-prune' [-n] +'git-prune' [-n] [--] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using the heads -specified on the command line (or `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/\*` and -`$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/\*` if none is specified), and prunes all -unreachable objects from the object database. In addition, it +This runs `git-fsck-objects --unreachable` using all the refs +available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of +objects specified on the command line, and prunes all +objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. +In addition, it prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by running `git prune-packed`. @@ -27,6 +28,24 @@ OPTIONS Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove. +\--:: + Do not interpret any more arguments as options. + +...:: + In addition to objects + reachable from any of our references, keep objects + reachable from listed s. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that +borrows from your repository via its +`.git/objects/info/alternates`: + +------------ +$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) +------------ Author ------