git-prune-packed - Man Page

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

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​.

-n,  --dry-run

Don’t actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been removed​.

-q,  --quiet

Squelch the progress indicator​.

git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1)

Part of the git(1) suite