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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-12-11 16:49:45 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-12-11 16:49:45 -0800 |
| commit | a9572072f0ab0ac97e64b0dc01254a3ad95befe1 (patch) | |
| tree | 2375e3b4aea11444375f9f587c8ca4cd8d22d6d0 /Documentation/git-prune.txt | |
| parent | 423325a2d24638ddcc82ce47be5e40be550f4507 (diff) | |
| parent | b825e6ff5d003db8efd1ed43cdbbb9d637df0a0c (diff) | |
| download | git-0.99.9m.tar.xz | |
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 3367c9b214..f694fcbde8 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] [--] [<head>...] 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 `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of +objects specified on the command line, and prunes all +objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. +In addition, it prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by running `git prune-packed`. @@ -27,6 +28,24 @@ OPTIONS Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove. +--:: + Do not interpret any more arguments as options. + +<head>...:: + In addition to objects + reachable from any of our references, keep objects + reachable from listed <head>s. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +To prune objects not used by your repository nor another that +borrows from your repository via its +`.git/objects/info/alternates`: + +------------ +$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) +------------ Author ------ |