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| .TH "GIT\-PACK\-REDUNDANT" "1" "2025-09-23" "Git 2\&.51\&.0\&.315\&.gbb6972" "Git Manual" |
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| .SH "NAME" |
| git-pack-redundant \- Find redundant pack files |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
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| .nf |
| \fIgit pack\-redundant\fR [\-\-verbose] [\-\-alt\-odb] (\-\-all | <pack\-filename>\&...\:) |
| .fi |
| .SH "WARNING" |
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| \fBgit\fR \fBpack\-redundant\fR has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal in a future version of Git\&. Because it can only remove entire duplicate packs and not individual duplicate objects, it is generally not a useful tool for reducing repository size\&. You are better off using \fBgit\fR \fBgc\fR to do so, which will put objects into a new pack, removing duplicates\&. |
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| Running \fBpack\-redundant\fR without the \fB\-\-i\-still\-use\-this\fR flag will fail in this release\&. If you believe you have a use case for which \fBpack\-redundant\fR is better suited and oppose this removal, please contact the Git mailing list at \m[blue]\fBgit@vger\&.kernel\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&. More information about the list is available at \m[blue]\fBhttps://git\-scm\&.com/community\fR\m[]\&. |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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| This program computes which packs in your repository are redundant\&. The output is suitable for piping to \fBxargs\fR \fBrm\fR if you are in the root of the repository\&. |
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| \fIgit pack\-redundant\fR accepts a list of objects on standard input\&. Any objects given will be ignored when checking which packs are required\&. This makes the following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable objects\&. |
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| git fsck \-\-full \-\-unreachable | cut \-d \*(Aq \*(Aq \-f3 | \e git pack\-redundant \-\-all | xargs rm |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .PP |
| \-\-all |
| .RS 4 |
| Processes all packs\&. Any filenames on the command line are ignored\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-\-alt\-odb |
| .RS 4 |
| Don\(cqt require objects present in packs from alternate object database (odb) directories to be present in local packs\&. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| \-\-verbose |
| .RS 4 |
| Outputs some statistics to stderr\&. Has a small performance penalty\&. |
| .RE |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .sp |
| \fBgit-pack-objects\fR(1) \fBgit-repack\fR(1) \fBgit-prune-packed\fR(1) |
| .SH "GIT" |
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| Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite |
| .SH "NOTES" |
| .IP " 1." 4 |
| git@vger.kernel.org |
| .RS 4 |
| \%mailto:git@vger.kernel.org |
| .RE |
