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diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 3367c9b21..f694fcbde 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 ------ |