git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now residing in a pack file.
git-prune-packed
This program search the GIT_OBJECT_DIR for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories.
All such extra objects are removed.
A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
git-pack-objects(1) git-repack-script(1)
Part of the git suite