SYNOPSIS
git prune [-n] [-v] [--progress] [--expire <time>] [--] [<head>…]
DESCRIPTION
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Note
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In most cases, users should run git gc, which calls git prune. See the section "NOTES", below. |
This runs git fsck --unreachable using all the refs
available in refs/, optionally with an additional set of
objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked
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.
It also removes entries from .git/shallow that are not reachable by
any ref.
Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is not desired, see git-repack(1).
OPTIONS
- -n
- --dry-run
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Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove.
- -v
- --verbose
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Report all removed objects.
- --progress
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Show progress.
- --expire <time>
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Only expire loose objects older than <time>.
- --
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Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
- <head>…
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In addition to objects reachable from any of our references, keep objects reachable from listed <head>s.
EXAMPLES
To prune objects not used by your repository or another that
borrows from your repository via its
.git/objects/info/alternates:
$ git prune $(cd ../another && git rev-parse --all)
NOTES
In most cases, users will not need to call git prune directly, but should instead call git gc, which handles pruning along with many other housekeeping tasks.
For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see git fsck's --unreachable option.
SEE ALSO
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite