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Re: What is the difference between git-gc, git-repack and git-prune?

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
May 7, 2008, 02:53 UTC
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On 5/6/08, DigitalPig <digitalpiglee@gmail.com> wrote:
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>  For git-prune, according to the manual, it will delete all the dangling
>  objects. So it is easy to understand. However, in the git-gc manpage,
>  there is another option named "--prune". Does that make git-gc do the
>  same thing as git-prune?
>
>  And manpage of git-gc says it cleans unnecessary files and compresses
>  the objects, and git-repack also compresses the objects too. Are there
>  any difference between these two operations? Or do I need to invoke
>  git-repack after running git-gc? Thanks!

git-gc is a fancy wrapper that automatically calls git-repack and git-prune for you with the most commonly used options, so you usually don't need to run the others yourself.

Avery
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  1. DigitalPigMay 7, 2008
  2. Avery PennarunMay 7, 2008

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