Linux "git-prune" Command Line Options and Examples

Prune all unreachable objects from the object database

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 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.

Usage:

git prune [-n] [-v] [--progress] [--expire ] [--] [...]

Related Commands

git-gc
git

Command Line Options:

-n

Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove.


                            git-prune -n ...

-v

Report all removed objects.


                            git-prune -v ...

--expire

Only expire loose objects older than <time>.


                            git-prune --expire ...

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.EXAMPLETo 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)NOTESIn most cases, users will not need to call git prune directly, but should instead call git gc, which handles pruning along with manyother housekeeping tasks.For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see git fsck's --unreachable option.


                            git-prune -- ...