git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files
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Description
This program computes which packs in your repository are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to
xargsrm if you are in the root of the repository.
gitpack-redundant 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.
git fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ git pack-redundant --all | xargs rm
Git
Part of the git(1) suite
Name
git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files
Notes
1. git@vger.kernel.orgmailto:git@vger.kernel.org
Git 2.48.1 07/02/2025 GIT-PACK-REDUNDANT(1)
Options
--all
Processes all packs. Any filenames on the command line are ignored.
--alt-odb
Donβt require objects present in packs from alternate object database (odb) directories to be present
in local packs.
--verbose
Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.
See Also
git-pack-objects(1) git-repack(1) git-prune-packed(1)
Synopsis
gitpack-redundant [--verbose] [--alt-odb] (--all | <pack-filename>...)
Warning
gitpack-redundant 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 gitgc to do so, which will put
objects into a new pack, removing duplicates.
Running pack-redundant without the --i-still-use-this flag will fail in this release. If you believe you
have a use case for which pack-redundant is better suited and oppose this removal, please contact the Git
mailing list at git@vger.kernel.org[1]. More information about the list is available at
https://git-scm.com/community.
