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.TH "GIT\-PACK\-REDUNDANT" "1" "11/27/2023" "Git 2\&.43\&.0" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-pack-redundant \- Find redundant pack files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIgit pack\-redundant\fR [\-\-verbose] [\-\-alt\-odb] (\-\-all | <pack\-filename>\&...)
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.SH "WARNING"
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\fBgit pack\-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 gc\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 rm\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"
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\-\-all
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Processes all packs\&. Any filenames on the command line are ignored\&.
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\-\-alt\-odb
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Don\(cqt require objects present in packs from alternate object database (odb) directories to be present in local packs\&.
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\-\-verbose
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Outputs some statistics to stderr\&. Has a small performance penalty\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\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"
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git@vger.kernel.org
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\%mailto:git@vger.kernel.org
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