| git-prune-packed(1) | 
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 | NAME | 
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 | git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files | 
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 | SYNOPSIS | 
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 | 'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q] | 
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 | DESCRIPTION | 
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 | This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently | 
 | exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. | 
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 | All such extra objects are removed. | 
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 | A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta | 
 | compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. | 
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 | Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, | 
 | disk storage, etc. | 
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 | OPTIONS | 
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 | -n:: | 
 |         Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been | 
 |         removed. | 
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 | -q:: | 
 | 	Squelch the progress indicator. | 
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 | Author | 
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 | Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> | 
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 | Documentation | 
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 | Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> | 
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 | SEE ALSO | 
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 | linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] | 
 | linkgit:git-repack[1] | 
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 | GIT | 
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 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |