GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to GIT-PRUNE-PACKED(1) from the Git Manual 💅 — this one is literally about removing extra objects that are already in pack files. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so 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. yes, both places. 👀

all such extra objects are removed. periodt. 💅

a pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. it’s giving “organized icon” ✨

packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc. tiny file, big efficiency energy. 🫶

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -n, --dry-run — bestie, this is your preview mode: it doesn’t actually remove any objects, it only shows the ones that would have been removed. 💖
• -q, --quiet — this one squelches the progress indicator, so the progress chatter goes quiet. 🤫

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• git-pack-objects(1)
• git-repack(1)

👑 GIT 👑

part of the git(1) suite. obviously. ✨

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mwah 💖 — source/version: Git 2.56.0, dated 2026-09-27. 🎀