GIT-PRUNE(1) Git Manual GIT-PRUNE(1)
NAME
git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
SYNOPSIS
git prune [-n] [-v] [--progress] [--expire <time>] [--] [<head>...]
DESCRIPTION
Note 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
Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove.
-v, --verbose
Report all removed objects.
--progress
Show progress.
--expire <time>
Only expire loose objects older than <time>.
--
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.
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-fsck(1),
git-gc(1),
git-reflog(1)GIT
Part of the
git(1) suite
Git 2.48.1 2025-01-13 GIT-PRUNE(1)
