GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1) Git Manual GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)

NAME

git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk
consumption

SYNOPSIS

git count-objects [-v] [-H | --human-readable]

DESCRIPTION

Counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by
them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.

OPTIONS

-v, --verbose
Provide more detailed reports:

count: the number of loose objects

size: disk space consumed by loose objects, in KiB (unless -H is
specified)

in-pack: the number of in-pack objects

size-pack: disk space consumed by the packs, in KiB (unless -H is
specified)

prune-packable: the number of loose objects that are also present
in the packs. These objects could be pruned using git
prune-packed.

garbage: the number of files in the object database that are
neither valid loose objects nor valid packs

size-garbage: disk space consumed by garbage files, in KiB
(unless -H is specified)

alternate: absolute path of alternate object databases; may
appear multiple times, one line per path. Note that if the path
contains non-printable characters, it may be surrounded by
double-quotes and contain C-style backslashed escape sequences.

-H, --human-readable
Print sizes in human readable format

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.48.1 2025-01-13 GIT-COUNT-OBJECTS(1)